دمور

English translation: calico

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Arabic term or phrase:دمور
English translation:calico
Entered by: Muhammad Atallah

15:59 Apr 22, 2011
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Arabic term or phrase: دمور
عمامة ضخمة من دمور

Description of a man's turban in a Sudanese text.
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calico
Explanation:
Calico is a plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton.

نسيج الكاليكو الخام (الدمور)ـ
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Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
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4 +2calico
Muhammad Atallah
5Unbleached Calico
Taghreed Mahmoud
4demure
TargamaT team


  

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demure


Explanation:
http://www.sudaneseonline.com/cgi-bin/sdb/2bb.cgi?seq=msg&bo...

TargamaT team
France
Local time: 01:55
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Targama, but "demure" is a word meaning shy or modest, while دمور is a type of fabric/textile. After looking at the references posted by others, I am pretty sure it is calico.

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calico


Explanation:
Calico is a plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton.

نسيج الكاليكو الخام (الدمور)ـ


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_%28textile%29
    Reference: http://www.arifonet.org.ma/ftproot/NewList_ar.pdf
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
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agree  Mohsin Alabdali
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agree  Sajjad Hamadani
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Unbleached Calico


Explanation:
ﻗﻤﺎﺵ ﺩﻤﻭﺭ ﻤﻨﺴﻭﺝ ﻤﻥ ﺨﻴﻭﻁ ﻗﻁﻨﻴﺔ
Unbleached Calico
Calico: (1) a white or unbleached cotton fabric with no printed design AND
(2) Chiefly US a coarse printed cotton fabric


    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/calico
Taghreed Mahmoud
Egypt
Local time: 01:55
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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