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An action doll/figure

Turkish translation: hareketli oyuncak bebek

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English term or phrase:An action doll/figure
Turkish translation:hareketli oyuncak bebek
Entered by: Hellinas

10:19 Sep 1, 2013
English to Turkish translations [Non-PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Technical term for a toy
English term or phrase: An action doll/figure
I don't want the Turkish for a doll which doesn't do anything (i.e . a plastic figurine with movable parts like a non-moving Barbie doll) but one which dances and sings or walks. Here is an example from an advert:-
'The Amazing Singing Spiderman - Dancing Arm Action Doll' or
'RARE Senator Hillary Clinton Singing Dancing-Doll'.
I suppose that in Turkey there may be such a thing as a dancing dervish action doll/figurine. I know that in the UK there was available for a while a dancing dervish-style barbie doll. It is now a valuable collector's item.
See Sharon Korbeck's book:- Best of Barbie: Four Decades of America's Favorite Doll.
I quote a sentence:-
"One touch of the “touch and go” stand set off a whirling dervish of frantic dancing. Do Like I Do: Live Action Barbie doll's box touted her moves — “I dance to your ..."
In the UK many do not realise that mevlevi dancing is a Sufi method of attaining one-ness with Allah.
It is controversial in mainstream Islam but certainly not merely some form of weird Oriental dancing.
Hellinas
Local time: 15:25
hareketli oyuncak bebek
Explanation:
Basically, a doll that moves.
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ATIL KAYHAN
Türkiye
Local time: 17:25
Grading comment
Since there was only one answer & that received one agreement, it seems that this is the natural way to express the English term 'action doll' in Turkish. Thanks to both.
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3 +1hareketli oyuncak bebek
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an action doll/figure
hareketli oyuncak bebek


Explanation:
Basically, a doll that moves.

ATIL KAYHAN
Türkiye
Local time: 17:25
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Since there was only one answer & that received one agreement, it seems that this is the natural way to express the English term 'action doll' in Turkish. Thanks to both.

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