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Agriculture geek vocab

February 14, 2007

buzur = seeds

asmidda = fertilizer

simad kima’ui = chemical fertilizer

duhr = wheat

marwa ra’issaya = main canal

rai bin ghammer = flood irrigation

el rash = sprinkler irrigation

rai tammquid = drip irrigation

marwa el mahiad = excess water canal

masraff = drainage ditch

bawaba = irrigation gates

qannaia = canal

tabtien = lined canal

lagna = committee

shamy = corn

simsim = sesame

matura = tractor trailer

saqqafa = culture

natiga = calender

hauscha = division (segments - field)

takliedi = customary, tradition

hasswa = small stone  / haggar = large stone

zeriba = animal shed

sebakh ballady = manure

mantafeyin = beneficiary

mustasmerien = investors

kharegien = graduates

kherrieg = graduate

dukura / muzzaka = male

mu’anneth = female