دقيق حجر

English translation: Quarrier, Mason, Stonecutter

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Arabic term or phrase: حجّار
English translation:Quarrier, Mason, Stonecutter
Entered by: paleozon

23:14 May 10, 2004
Arabic to English translations [Non-PRO]
Agriculture
Arabic term or phrase: دقيق حجر
اود معرفة الكلمة الانجليزية الدالة على من يقوم يدق الحجر لغرض البناء
ahmad65
Local time: 21:30
quarrier
Explanation:
one who obtains (stone) from a quarry, as by cutting, digging, or blasting.

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Note added at 10 mins (2004-05-10 23:24:57 GMT)
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MASON: One who builds or works with stone or brick.

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Note added at 11 mins (2004-05-10 23:26:22 GMT)
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or one who prepares stone for building purposes.
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paleozon
Local time: 13:30
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دقيق حجر
quarrier


Explanation:
one who obtains (stone) from a quarry, as by cutting, digging, or blasting.

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Note added at 10 mins (2004-05-10 23:24:57 GMT)
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MASON: One who builds or works with stone or brick.

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Note added at 11 mins (2004-05-10 23:26:22 GMT)
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or one who prepares stone for building purposes.


paleozon
Local time: 13:30
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Randa Farhat: stonecutter, stonedresser, quarrier, quarryman = الحجـّار
26 mins
  -> Thanks Kalila

agree  umsarah
40 mins
  -> Thanks UmSarah

agree  Alaa AHMED
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Alaa

agree  Dr. Wathib Jabouri
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Doc

agree  YASiN DEMiRKIRAN
11 hrs
  -> Thanks Yasin

agree  samehme
15 hrs
  -> Thanks Samehme

agree  jenan
21 hrs
  -> Thanks Jenan

agree  Timothy Brooks: stonecutter here, not quarrier
22 hrs
  -> Thanks Timothy
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