Arabic-L:TRANS:Cotton Products

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Date:  04 Jan 2002
From: Srpko Lestaric <srpkole at EUnet.yu>
Subject: Cotton Products

Dil,
After the first specification, samples of cotton underwear came the
other day (with a new specification, slightly different from the
first one) showing that all the "b.b. objects"  (minshafa b.b.,
Saddaara b.b., Haraam b.b.) are embroidered babies things (a baby's
towel, a a baby's bib and a a baby's bathrobe, all made of
terry-cloth). Among these kaab b.b. (which might easily be a cap)
remaines a mystery for the time being, as well as some other items
and/or attributes, for the manufacturer failed to send certain items.

Following are the available answers:

1. saaq = men's drawers, ankle-deep men's undergarment, die lange
Unterhose (for it came always with "wilaadii" or "rijaalii");
2. binTaal = women's drawers, (either "banaatii" or "nisaa'ii"), also
underwear (not outdoor leggings)
3. Hafr = "sleeveless", with the sleeves cut off in a straight line
with the body of an undershirt (not "athletic shirt")
4. muTabba3 = printed (cloth)
5. bruutiil = women's undershirt with silk(y) straps (< Fr.
"bretelle"= shoulder strap, as Patricia pointed out); when the
straps/suspenders are from the material and somewhat wider, like in
an athletic shirt, then it is called shayyaal, meaning either men's
or women's undershirt)
6. kulfa = clothe adornment sewn on a garment; mukallaf =
decorated with a piece of cloth sewed on; die Applikation

Still unsolved are:

al-buursha (not al-wursha as it came in the first specification --
that was obviously a typo, but I don't understand the buursha either)
shar3ii
3arD qamiiS
muTayyaf
muuns

Besides, the palette of colors included the following:

'axDar
'azraq baHrii
'aSfar
tirkwaaz
tuffaaHii
xamrii
zahrii faatiH / wasaT / ghaamiq
zayti
sukkarii
samaawii faatiH / ghaamiq
3asalii
fistuqii
mawzii
niilii
kuHlii

Thanks to all who tried to help. It is weird that no guesses proved
right. I don't believe the coleagues will profit a lot from these
data, but this is what can be done.

Srpko

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