Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 22, 2021 12:14
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Arabic term
طيّر عقلي
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
الشرشف الذي عرضته علي مخدومتي لأشتریه طيّر عقلي. شرشف ّ هندي أحمر اللون والثمن.
From a Syrian novel.
The narrator is a poor woman who cleans houses for a living.
Could it be translated as something along the lines of "it blew my mind/made me immensely happy"?
Many thanks!
From a Syrian novel.
The narrator is a poor woman who cleans houses for a living.
Could it be translated as something along the lines of "it blew my mind/made me immensely happy"?
Many thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | Blew my mind |
Mohammed Megahed
|
| 5 +1 | fabulous/ blew my mind |
dua'a Mi
|
| 5 | sent my mind flying |
Diya Takrouri
|
| 5 | Amazed me |
Ateequr Rahman
|
Proposed translations
+7
3 mins
Mohammed Megahed
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
English-Arabic Translator and Subtitler
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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31
Selected
Blew my mind
Yes, it fits in the given context.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
21 mins
Diya Takrouri
Türkiye
Türkiye
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Türkiye
Linguist Ar ⇋ En | 29 years’ Experience
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Iraqi, Syrian, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Yemeni, UAE, Egyptian, Palestinian, Saudi , Jordanian, Lebanese)
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
Related KudoZ points
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18
sent my mind flying
Just google the phrase and you'll find that it's an acceptable English collocation and part of the English corpus.
Note from asker:
| Thank you - I was more asking about the Arabic, rather than the acceptability of my proposed English translation, as I am a native English speaker and not a native Arabic speaker ;) |
2 days 8 hrs
Ateequr Rahman
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
When entering Indian market.
Native in: Urdu , Hindi 
, English
Works in: Arabic to English, Arabic to Urdu, English to Urdu, and 13 more.
Amazed me
I think the expression here is for a person, and mindblowing might be used for the things only, the sentence simply means I am very happy with the person.
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