Boxing day

Arabic translation: يوم الإهداء

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English term or phrase:Boxing Day
Arabic translation:يوم الإهداء
Entered by: Iman Khaireddine

13:46 Nov 24, 2005
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Religion / Holidays
English term or phrase: Boxing day
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada
ALMERCANA
Morocco
Local time: 04:50
يوم الإهداء
Explanation:
يوم الإهداء

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Note added at 19 mins (2005-11-24 14:06:07 GMT)
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يوم الإهداء: يعرف يوم 26 ديسمبر، وهو اليوم التالي ليوم عيد الميلاد في البلدان الناطقة بالإنجليزية، باسم يوم الإهداء Boxing Day. وقد جاءت هذه التسمية من عادة بدأت في العصور الوسطى منذ نحو ثمانية قرون: إذ كانت الكنائس تفتح صناديق النذور الموجودة فيها، وتوزع ما فيها على الفقراء في المناطق المجاورة في 26 ديسمبر...

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Iman Khaireddine
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:50
Grading comment
Thank you Imane! Thank you Ziad, Shazly, Dina, Nesrin, and Mona!
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5 +6يوم الإهداء
Iman Khaireddine
4 +3اليوم التالي ليوم الميلاد
Nesrin


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
boxing day
اليوم التالي ليوم الميلاد


Explanation:
"boxing day" يوم 26 ديسمبر، اليوم التالي ليوم الميلاد

"There is much dispute over the true origins of Boxing Day, but one common story of the holiday's origins is that servants used to receive Christmas gifts from their employers on the first weekday after Christmas, the day after the family celebrations. These were generally called their Christmas boxes. Another story is that this is the day that priests broke open the collection boxes and distributed the money to the poor."
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Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mona Helal: اليوم التالي للكريسماس
10 mins

agree  Aisha Maniar: your translation is accurate!It's not a religious holiday but as your source says,it was a public holiday after Xmas given by employees and then made law in the UK in the 1870s.It doesn't always have to be 26 Dec,just the next working day after Xmas :-)
2 hrs

agree  Mohamed Elsayed
2 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
boxing day
يوم الإهداء


Explanation:
يوم الإهداء

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Note added at 19 mins (2005-11-24 14:06:07 GMT)
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يوم الإهداء: يعرف يوم 26 ديسمبر، وهو اليوم التالي ليوم عيد الميلاد في البلدان الناطقة بالإنجليزية، باسم يوم الإهداء Boxing Day. وقد جاءت هذه التسمية من عادة بدأت في العصور الوسطى منذ نحو ثمانية قرون: إذ كانت الكنائس تفتح صناديق النذور الموجودة فيها، وتوزع ما فيها على الفقراء في المناطق المجاورة في 26 ديسمبر...

http://www.moqatel.com/Mokatel/data/Behoth/ModoatAma16/AyadM...

Iman Khaireddine
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you Imane! Thank you Ziad, Shazly, Dina, Nesrin, and Mona!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ziad Marzouka
30 mins

agree  Shazly
1 hr

agree  Dina Abdo
1 hr

agree  Mohamed Elsayed
2 hrs

agree  Sam Berner
8 hrs

agree  Ahmad Maher Sandouk
21 hrs
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