Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Bar Mitzvah
Arabic translation:
سن التكليف عند اليهود
Added to glossary by
Iman Khaireddine
Feb 20, 2005 22:28
19 yrs ago
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English term
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Bar Mitzvah
English to Arabic
Law/Patents
Religion
Judaism
I think it's a Jewish celebration after the birth of a child.
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 3 +10 | سن الرشد |
Ali Khaireddine
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| 5 +1 | بار متسوا |
Fuad Yahya
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Change log
Jun 7, 2005 03:35: Fuad Yahya changed "Field" from "Other" to "Law/Patents" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "Judaism"
Proposed translations
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سن الرشد
أو سن البلوغ
Jewish boy who has arrived at the age of religious responsibility and adulthood (13 years old); ceremony celebrating this event.
just a guess !
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-02-20 22:34:26 GMT)
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سن البلوغ
بلوغ سن الرشد
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-02-20 22:37:01 GMT)
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أو
سن التكليف الديني
Jewish boy who has arrived at the age of religious responsibility and adulthood (13 years old); ceremony celebrating this event.
just a guess !
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-02-20 22:34:26 GMT)
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سن البلوغ
بلوغ سن الرشد
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-02-20 22:37:01 GMT)
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أو
سن التكليف الديني
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Comment: "Thank you all. I will go withسن التكليف since most people are not familiar with بار متسوا though it is the correct exact term. Many thanks!"
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بار متسوا
Unless you know of a standard Arabic name used by Arabic-speaking Jews (from Iraq, Yemen, Morocco, Palestine, Egypt, Syria, or any other Arab country with a sizable Jewish community), I would simply transliterate this Aramaic-Hebrew expression. Any attempted translation should be offered merely as a parenthetical explanation of the occasion, not as a name.
Peer comment(s):
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Randa Farhat
: بالعربية سن التكليف وبالعبرية بار ميتسفوت , see footnote 43 http://www.aafaq.org/fact3/3.htm
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The word "bar" is Aramaic; "mitzvah" is Hebrew (pronounced MITSWA, but in Hebrew pronunciation, the W sound acquires a V quality, as in German, Russian, Hindi, and Farsi). And are you sure Charles S. Liebman is an authority on Arabic?
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Orientation
: بار متسفا
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Please see my note above.
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