Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

ترزخ

English translation:

poverty and famine weighed down heavily on many nations

Added to glossary by Noha Kamal, PhD.
Feb 25, 2010 21:27
14 yrs ago
Arabic term

ترزخ

Arabic to English Other Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
في وقت كانت فيه بعض الشعوب ترزخ تحت الفقر والمجاعات
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Mar 17, 2010 20:27: Noha Kamal, PhD. Created KOG entry

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poverty and famine weighed down heavily on many nations

many nations suffered severely in poverty and famine.
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oppressed by

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burdened with

ترزح وليس ترزخ
Note from asker:
شكرا على الاجابة لكنها بالتأكيد ترزخ
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suffer from poverty and famines badly or seriously

suffer from poverty and famines badly or seriously

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while some Peoples were suffering from poverty and famines badly or seriously

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sorry, people I meant
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were subject to poverty and famines

Saleh
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plagued by

"Plagued by poverty and famines" seems fair to me!
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Arabic term (edited): ترزخ تحت الفقر

groaning under poverty

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Subsist

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succumbed to poverty and famines

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... one of some two dozen children to succumb to malnutrition in the village of Birgi ... child mortality and poverty rates are high even in good times. ... The U.S.-based Famine Early Warning System declares that Niger requires “urgent ...
www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/.../193niger-famine.html - Cached - Similar
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