محله های فقیرنشین

16:26 Apr 30, 2012
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: محله های فقیرنشین
مناطق و محله های زاغه نشین و فقیر نشین
hossein sakhizadeh
Local time: 21:09


Summary of answers provided
5 +1impoverished areas
Edward Plaisance Jr
5 +1poor/ impoverished neighborhoods
Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)
5slums
Reza Ebrahimi
5slums
Mahmoud Akbari
5bighted area
Zeynab Tajik
5unprivileged neighborhoods
Ramak Milani
5skid row
Younes Mostafaei
5ghetto
Ehsan Zaheri


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
slums


Explanation:


Reza Ebrahimi
United States
Local time: 06:09
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 8
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
slums


Explanation:


Mahmoud Akbari
Canada
Local time: 09:09
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 8
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
impoverished areas


Explanation:
we could also say "areas where the poor live"

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 09:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ahmad Hosseinzadeh: simple and nice!
2 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
bighted area


Explanation:
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/blighted-area.h...

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Note added at 5 mins (2012-04-30 16:31:51 GMT)
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or simply: poor areas

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Note added at 17 mins (2012-04-30 16:43:49 GMT)
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Oops! typo!
"blighted areas"

Zeynab Tajik
Spain
Local time: 15:09
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
unprivileged neighborhoods


Explanation:
unprivileged neighborhoods

Ramak Milani
United States
Local time: 09:09
Native speaker of: Persian (Farsi)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
skid row


Explanation:



Younes Mostafaei
Iran
Local time: 16:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
poor/ impoverished neighborhoods


Explanation:
run-down neighborhoods and disadvantaged neighborhoods may, by extension, be used.

Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)
Iran
Local time: 16:39
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ehsan Alipour
154 days
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961 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
ghetto


Explanation:
به نظرم معادل مناسبی است

Ehsan Zaheri
Iran
Local time: 16:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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