Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Dulla/Douala

Arabic translation:

الرتج الحنكي/نفشة الحنك

Added to glossary by TargamaT team
Jul 14, 2014 06:10
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English term

Dulla/Douala

English to Arabic Science Zoology
This is an organ in the throat of male dromedary camels - see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulla_(organ)

It's referred to on the link below, but they only give an English transliteration (and say it's also known as the بالنفشفة )
http://spana-syria.org/Atlas/Camel/WebPage11/1.htm

A lot of the Google hits I see are for the city دوالا in Cameroon. Does anyone know the Arabic term?

Thanks in Advance.
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Jul 15, 2014 12:35: TargamaT team Created KOG entry

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TargamaT team Jul 14, 2014:
وفي حالة الهياج يخرج كيس منفوخ من جانب الفم يطلق عليه الطرف الحلقي ويصاحب ظهور الكيس صوت
مزعج ويسيل اللعاب من الفم وتوجد إفرازات كريهة تخرج من غدد قرب الأذنين وتكون غامقة اللون
ويحك الذكر منطقة الغدد بأي شيء قريب.
http://www.waraqat.net/8516/
DLyons (asker) Jul 14, 2014:
Seems like it may be gula (=gullet/esophagus) المريء. So the root may not be Arabic (as I thought) but some variant on the Latin word.

Arnautovic, I., Abdelmagid, A.M. Anatomy and mechanism of distension of gula of one humped camel. Acta Anatomica, 88, 115-124. (1974)

Proposed translations

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الرتج الحنكي/نفشة الحنك

In the link:
http://spana-syria.org/Atlas/Camel/WebPage11/1.htm
he says that its scientific name is الرتج الحنكي
and also known as نفشة
I prefer to say, for clarity, نفشة الحنك

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-07-14 07:50:41 GMT)
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Actually, it does not apply to the human mouth. I checked the Arabic reference and I could not find it. Howver, I found: dhula, a racing camel...
http://books.google.ch/books?id=YRuG5I6hx_4C&pg=PA116&lpg=PA...

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-07-14 07:54:25 GMT)
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Actually, it is gulah:

http://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.2/February/Reproduction i...
Note from asker:
Thanks Targama. That's just the palate though isn't it and would also apply to the human mouth? I was expecting an Arabic word that was more or less a transliteration of Dhula (like دوالا would be, although that isn't the right word).
Peer comment(s):

agree Tahira Rafiq : Correct word is "Dulaa" as given in" Camels" by R.T.Wilson page.no.51
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