animal cage

Arabic translation: قفص الحيوانات

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English term or phrase:animal cage
Arabic translation:قفص الحيوانات
Entered by: zaheya gad (X)

14:50 Jul 8, 2002
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Agriculture / agriculture
English term or phrase: animal cage
I am writing a play and need a term for the title. I need the word that refers to a cage in which animals, such as chickens and rabbits are kept. Specifically, it should be the term use by Palestinians.
Robert Chubon
قفص الحيوانات
Explanation:
qafas 'el حayawanaat.
cage: qafas
animal:'el حayawanaat
the expression can be used literaly or figuratively.
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zaheya gad (X)
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5 +1I suggest you use the word "Kafas" قفص as it is a popular word.
malkazaz
5قفص الطيور او قفص الدجاج
Tharaa Hafez
5Qafas قفص
dolla (X)
4قفص الحيوانات
zaheya gad (X)
4قفص الدواجن
Alaa Zeineldine


  

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I suggest you use the word "Kafas" قفص as it is a popular word.


Explanation:
"Kafas" is used to describe the cage where you would normally keep animals.

malkazaz
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agree  William Tierney: قفص is fine. I am not aware of any term more specific to a Palestinian context.
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قفص الحيوانات


Explanation:
qafas 'el حayawanaat.
cage: qafas
animal:'el حayawanaat
the expression can be used literaly or figuratively.


zaheya gad (X)
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قفص الطيور او قفص الدجاج


Explanation:
Chicken and ducks ..etc are kept in قفص الطيور او الدجاج ( Formal arabic )
Rabbits are kept alone in قفص الارانب .

Palestinians and general colloquial arabe language قفص is called عيشةالفراخ او الطيور . " Eishet al ferakh , al touyour" .the other remains as said in formal Arabic .

Thus use what suits your work

Send me a copy of your work if possible whenerver is finished , it will be nice of you.

Tharaa Hafez
Egypt
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قفص الدواجن


Explanation:
The fits more with more the class of animal that you refer to. While dawajin means poultry, but in Arabic farming parlance rabbits and pigeons have been assimilated by poultry.

Hope this helps,

Alaa

Alaa Zeineldine
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Qafas قفص


Explanation:
QAFAS means CAGE and it is used to keep animals like chickens, or rabits or any kind of birds this is the only word used to discribe the cage disregarding what we keep in it. Palestinians speek arabic and this is the word they use for cage.

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