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canopy

Arabic translation: أَدْغال

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English term or phrase:canopy
Arabic translation:أَدْغال
Entered by: Alexander Yeltsov

08:29 May 14, 2008
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Botany / nature
English term or phrase: canopy
And you know whenever I see a troupe of monkeys going through the tropical rainforest where I work and they are just moving through the canopy and using their tails I just feel so jealous that they can move around so easily and we are stuck with our ropes and our lines.
ahmad65
Local time: 06:16
أَدْغال
Explanation:
I guess it may work in this context
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Alexander Yeltsov
Local time: 06:16
Grading comment
thanks for help
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4المظلة الشجرية/الغطاء الشجري
Nadia Ayoub
4مجموعة كثيفة من أغصان الأشجار
Khalid Nasir
4الأغصان الكثيفة المتشابكة
Noha Mostafa
3أَدْغال
Alexander Yeltsov


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
مجموعة كثيفة من أغصان الأشجار


Explanation:
branches of trees

From Oxford Dic.
a layer of sth that spreads over an area like a roof, especially branches of trees in a forest:


Khalid Nasir
Iraq
Local time: 06:16
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
المظلة الشجرية/الغطاء الشجري


Language variant: الأشجار الكثيفة/الفروع المتشابكة

Explanation:
canopy: مظلة
و يقصد بها الأشجار الكثيفة التي تظلهم

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 05:16
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 30

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ghada Samir: I like this expression!
2 mins
  -> Thank you Ghada.
neutral  Khalid Nasir: Monkeys just moving through the canopy and using their tails (one would jump naturally to associate this action with tree branches not only with tree cover or tree umbrella and without mentioning of “Branches”
41 mins
agree  Mohsin Alabdali
53 mins
  -> Thanks a lot Mohsin.
agree  esperantiste
59 mins
  -> Thanks a lot Esperantiste.
agree  abdurrahman
5 hrs
  -> Thank you Abdurrahman.
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
أَدْغال


Explanation:
I guess it may work in this context

Alexander Yeltsov
Local time: 06:16
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 3
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
الأغصان الكثيفة المتشابكة


Explanation:
A canopy is the leaves and branches of trees, that make a kind of roof in a forest

Example sentence(s):
  • The forest canopy

    Reference: http://pewebdic2.cw.idm.fr
Noha Mostafa
Egypt
Local time: 05:16
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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