Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
الأعمدة المخروطية
English translation:
tapered columns
Added to glossary by
Andrew Cavell
Nov 27, 2008 17:54
15 yrs ago
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Arabic term
الأعمدة المخروطية
Arabic to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
أما المنازل فغالبيتها مبني على الطراز الأندلسي الجميل، حيث الأقواس والمقرنصات والأعمدة المخروطية والنوافذ المقوسة المشبكة بالحديد.
from: http://www.daralhayat.com/society/travel/11-2008/Item-200811...
about Tunisia.
Literally it is "conical columns" but I can't visualise these. Does it perhaps mean "tapered columns"?
Thank you very much for any help.
from: http://www.daralhayat.com/society/travel/11-2008/Item-200811...
about Tunisia.
Literally it is "conical columns" but I can't visualise these. Does it perhaps mean "tapered columns"?
Thank you very much for any help.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | tapered columns |
Nadia Ayoub
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| 4 +1 | Spiral columns |
Moodi
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| 5 | cylindrical columns |
Sajjad Hamadani
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| 4 | Islamic Columns |
Ahmed Alami
|
| 3 | conical columns |
Alaa Zeineldine
|
Proposed translations
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1 hr
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
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8
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tapered columns
tapered is frequently translated as مخروطي see google results:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz...
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much Nadia - it's a great help.
And thank you for to other answerers. The links and photos were also very useful."
+1
20 mins
Spiral columns
لا أعتقد في هذا المعنى أن كلمة مخروطي تترجم حرفياً ، وأظن أن الأعمدة المخروطية هي ما ستجده في جوابي
http://www.aristonedesigns.com/columncat/spiral.htm
http://www.aristonedesigns.com/columncat/spiral.htm
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
John Colangelo
: I live in Al-Andalus and it seems to me that this is the term.
55 mins
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1 hr
Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
&
English
Egypt
The best in IT ... and in Automotive
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
conical columns
You can visualize conical columns easily. Just do not imagine a cone with a pointed tip. Think of tapered columns whose cross-section gets smaller upward (first image), or think of a normal column connected to the ceiling by an inverted conical structure (second image).
Reference:
http://bp0.blogger.com/_0iGZOmWB9-4/RypR1hzSPGI/AAAAAAAAAB8/PQ4dBWKEiUE/s1600-h/DSC05657.JPG
1 hr
Ahmed Alami
Morocco
Morocco
Native in Arabic
Morocco
Sworn Translator/Traducteur Assermenté
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic
Islamic Columns
شوارع تونس ضيقة ولكنها مرتبة ونظيفة ومؤثثة بصفوف من الأشجار دائمة الخضرة، أما المنازل فغالبيتها مبني على الطراز الأندلسي الجميل، حيث الأقواس والمقرنصات والأعمدة المخروطية والنوافذ المقوسة المشبكة ب...
This passage refers to the architecture of Tunisian houses that look the same as the ones in Andalucia.Such columns in Andalucia are callaed " Islamic Columns"
http://fr.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Spain/Andalucia/Cordo...
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-27 19:21:25 GMT)
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http://images.google.co.ma/images?hl=fr&q="Islamic Columns" ...
This passage refers to the architecture of Tunisian houses that look the same as the ones in Andalucia.Such columns in Andalucia are callaed " Islamic Columns"
http://fr.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Spain/Andalucia/Cordo...
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-27 19:21:25 GMT)
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http://images.google.co.ma/images?hl=fr&q="Islamic Columns" ...
Reference:
2 days 13 hrs
Sajjad Hamadani
United States
United States
Native in Arabic
United States
Command several languages simultaneously
Native in: Urdu , Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English to Urdu, and 7 more.
cylindrical columns
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5553433/description.html
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5553433.html
The Architects' and Builders' Handbook
http://books.google.com/books?id=DWsmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA780&lpg=P...
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5553433.html
The Architects' and Builders' Handbook
http://books.google.com/books?id=DWsmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA780&lpg=P...
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