المديدة

English translation: porridge

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Arabic term or phrase:المديدة
English translation:porridge
Entered by: Arabic & More

12:49 May 16, 2011
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cooking / Culinary
Arabic term or phrase: المديدة
From a Sudanese text. It's a dish that uses fenugreek (حلبة) as one of its ingredients.
Arabic & More
Jordan
Madida
Explanation:
it's a name you just transliterate it.
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 13:59
Grading comment
Thank you, Nadia--and to those who explained that the word refers to porridge.
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4 +4Madida
Nadia Ayoub


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Madida


Explanation:
it's a name you just transliterate it.

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 13:59
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thank you, Nadia--and to those who explained that the word refers to porridge.
Notes to answerer
Asker: True, but I am trying to determine if this has a specific meaning (like soup or porridge, for example). In that case, I might use the English word instead of just transliterating the name.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muhammad Atallah: Medida: a Sudanese cereal thin porridge http://nutriweb.org.my/publications/mjn0010_2/mjn10n2_art6.p...
4 mins
  -> Many thanks Muhammad :)

agree  samah A. fattah
1 hr
  -> Many thanks Samah :)

agree  Mohammad Gornas: Porridge is the English for this...But it could be alright transliterated as Medeeda
4 hrs
  -> Many thanks Mohammad :)

agree  Mohsin Alabdali
9 hrs
  -> Many thanks Mohsin :)
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