Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

فرعنوه

English translation:

They turned him into a Pharaoh

Added to glossary by Ahmed Ahmed
Jul 9, 2013 13:47
11 yrs ago
Arabic term

فرعون، فرعنوه

Arabic to English Other Religion
يحبون من يستبد بهم من يسطو بهم،وهذا الحاكم فرعون، فرعنوه،
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Jul 11, 2013 00:17: Ahmed Ahmed Created KOG entry

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alishah63 (asker) Jul 9, 2013:
Is is not wrong to associate the word Pharaoh in English to mean tyranny, as non Arabs do not have this concept?

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a Pharoh, they turned him into a Pharaoh

Pharaoh also pharaoh
1. A king of ancient Egypt.
2. A tyrant.

It means that they gave him Pharaoh-like powers.


The decrees have led to charges that Morsi's powers turned him into a "new pharaoh."
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-12-04/egyptian-papers-su...

Morsi said yesterday the Nov. 22 edict shielding his decisions from judicial review applied only to “sovereign” matters, according to his spokesman, Yasser Ali, looking to clarify the decision that critics including Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei said turned him into a “pharaoh.”
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/11/27/morsis-new-powers-spark-p...


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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-07-09 16:25:14 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Pharoh
Peer comment(s):

agree Olfat Abdullah : Right, and I prefer "tyrant".
6 hrs
:) شكراً ومبارك عليكِ الشهر
agree zeinab Khamehyar : happy to you too!
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Happy Ramadan! :)
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this pharaoh, they made him tyrannical

this pharaoh, they made him tyrannical
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this Pahraoh is made/ created/brought about by themselves

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a dictator, who has been deified

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