رب الاسرة

English translation: Pater familias

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Arabic term or phrase:رب الاسرة
English translation:Pater familias
Entered by: Ali Alsaqqa

22:06 Apr 28, 2010
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Arabic term or phrase: رب الاسرة
تتم اجابة هذا الاستبيان من رب الاسرة))
المهنة موظف في الدولة اعمال حرة
العمر لرب الاسرة 25-40 40 -50 51-60 اكبر من 60
einass kandil
Egypt
Local time: 09:27
Pater familias
Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/paterfamilias
"Noun 1. paterfamilias - the male head of family or tribe"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paterfamilias
"1 : the male head of a household
2 : the father of a family
3 : a man who originates or is a leading figure in something (as a movement, discipline, or enterprise)"

http://afaksocio.ahlamontada.com/montada-f2/topic-t144.htm
" فنطاق الأسرة كان خاضعا لتصرفات كبير العائلة pater familias ورهن مشيئته . وكان النطاق في واقع الأمر قائما على مصطلحات تحددها المجتمعات"

http://www.ahewar.org/debat/show.art.asp?aid=204645
"أما في ظل القانون الروماني فقد كانت المرأة خاضعة تماما لسلطة رب الاسرة Pater familias حيث كان رب الاسرة يتمتع بسلطة كاملة ، سلطة ملك وليس حماية فقط"

Please note that the other answers are definitely right, yet this is another answer with a different flavor.
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Ali Alsaqqa
United States
Local time: 03:27
Grading comment
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5Householder/ father of the family
Tamer Mekhimar
5 +4Head of household
Nadia Ayoub
5 +1Pater familias
Ali Alsaqqa


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Householder/ father of the family


Explanation:
Householder/ father of the family

Tamer Mekhimar
Egypt
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Ayyub: Householder
6 mins
  -> Thanks!

agree  sithanem
10 mins
  -> Thanks!

agree  Mohamed Hosni
8 hrs
  -> Thanks!

agree  Amira A Wahab: Householder
13 hrs
  -> Thanks!

agree  Samer Helmy
1 day 15 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Head of household


Explanation:
http://www.google.com.eg/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&...

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 09:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 99

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Ayyub
5 mins
  -> Many thanks Saleh :)

agree  Mona Helal: head of the family
2 hrs
  -> Many thanks Mona :)

agree  Mohamed Hosni
8 hrs
  -> Many thanks Mohamed :)

agree  Nesrin
10 hrs
  -> Many thanks Nesrin :)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Pater familias


Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/paterfamilias
"Noun 1. paterfamilias - the male head of family or tribe"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paterfamilias
"1 : the male head of a household
2 : the father of a family
3 : a man who originates or is a leading figure in something (as a movement, discipline, or enterprise)"

http://afaksocio.ahlamontada.com/montada-f2/topic-t144.htm
" فنطاق الأسرة كان خاضعا لتصرفات كبير العائلة pater familias ورهن مشيئته . وكان النطاق في واقع الأمر قائما على مصطلحات تحددها المجتمعات"

http://www.ahewar.org/debat/show.art.asp?aid=204645
"أما في ظل القانون الروماني فقد كانت المرأة خاضعة تماما لسلطة رب الاسرة Pater familias حيث كان رب الاسرة يتمتع بسلطة كاملة ، سلطة ملك وليس حماية فقط"

Please note that the other answers are definitely right, yet this is another answer with a different flavor.

Ali Alsaqqa
United States
Local time: 03:27
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohamed Hosni
3 hrs
  -> thanks Mohamed
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