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Original text - Arabic - العود القماري

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العود القماري
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Submitted by lostris79italia
Source language: Arabic

العود القماري
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it should be a type of wood
5 May 2008 16:00





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8 May 2008 05:01

elmota
Number of messages: 744
hmm, i had to research a bit, its a type of a Joss Stick (a wooden rod of incense) that is widely known in china, arab nation, india, turkey and the orient in general... and its from a place or a country called Kumar (not sure where that was but most probably around or in India) not to be mixed with a similar word in Arabic that means gambling, i also found reference to Kumar as in a type of bird that flies over some islands in the Red Sea, thus called the Kumarian Islands... not sure of the English word, i can research a bit to find more about it, but basically:
the Kumarian Incense, would be the best description, and the word (apparently) is popular today in the Arab gulf...
i found references to this word in Sinbad original stories, and some old traveling books of arabia
its been commercially sold as a perfume, here is a photo:
http://data.saudiairlines.com/skysales1/t_productImages/t_220.jpg
heres more about it (in Arabic)
http://www.alriyadh.com/Contents/03-11-2003/Mainpage/SAHA_1894.php

8 May 2008 05:08

elmota
Number of messages: 744
it could be "kammar" instead of kumar

13 June 2008 05:51

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
I think we just say "Kumari (incense)" in English.