Oct 16, 2005 06:09
19 yrs ago
Arabic term

الشفوف

Arabic to English Science Agriculture Iraqi export products
Iraqi export products such as:

المصنوعات الصوفية اليدوية كالبسط والشفوف واليزر
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 gauze, gauzy fabrics

Proposed translations

+4
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gauze, gauzy fabrics

It is a possibility. There is a type of grass called الشفوف as well.
The word is defined in a number of sites as الثياب الرقيقة التي لا تحجب ما وراءها, as in ولبس عباءة وتقر عيني*** أحب إليَّ من لبس الشفوف
It is a plural of شف
Peer comment(s):

agree Alexander Yeltsov
20 mins
agree Dina Abdo
2 hrs
agree Mariam Osmann : yes like الشاش
3 hrs
agree A Nabil Bouitieh
13 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Amazed at your encyclopedic language of unusual Iraqi terms, Sam; many thanks..."
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