Arabic word for diesel ?
 

I'm preparing my 110 HT for a trip to Ghana and would like to write the Arabic word for diesel next to the fuel cap. Anyone know of where I can get hold of the word.
TIA
Ian

hi Jan
most of the time I heard "Nefta" but...
read this!
http://www.welcomehome.org/backcountry/fuel.names.txt

it depends which "arabic" you mean , in Morocco it is definately "Mazout" which is a french word , and anyone understands it , in northern Morocco they might have a spanish name for it in their dialect instead but they must understand the french one ...

hi all
i belive here in egypt we use the word diesel,or sollar,
and in arabic we write it like that ÓæáÇÑ
SO I HOPE YOU CAN VIEW IT IN ARABIC NOW
IF NOT EMAIL ME THEN I WILL ATTACH IT IN MAIL AND SEND IT TO YOU

Spanish for diesel is "Gas-oil"

If you try to read the arabic signs normally, it looks like 'Iglo'.
(you can really recognise it)

http://www.oasisphoto.com/images/arabic_diesel.jpg

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A.B.

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Brilliant, thanks for that.
Please excuse my ignorance, but would this be understood in all Arabic speaking countries?
Thanks
Ian



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Pretty much.

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A.B.

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I was very interested to see the Arabic word for Diesel, do you have the Arabic word for Petrol.My 1982 Series Land Rover is petrol and it is a constant battle trying to explain to petrol attendants that it is a petrol engine and not diesel. I have written "petrol" in English and "Essence"
in French by the petrol cap but an Arabic word would also be good.

Thanks v.Much!

Andy

I think that AB would be able to help on this.
See his post above
Good luck
Ian

Andy,

Petrol is a generic name for the fuel that drives all modern combustion chamber engines and not necessarily only gasoline driven ones, it can also mean diesel driven ones. To be more specific you might want to use Benzene instead of Petrol, so people will not inject Diesel in your vehicle’s engine and screw it up. So in the Arab countries Benzene is equivalent to Petrol in the UK.. I guess.

http://www.oasisphoto.com/images/arabic_fuel_names.png

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A.B.

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ShortWheelbase.com – Jeep preparations.
Coordinates Converter – Lat/Long <-> UTM Conversion Tool.

Thanks for the translations. Excellent, I believe that this will also be useful for many others on the site. I actualy live in Slovenia and the word for the English word "Petrol" is "Bencin" so makes perfect sense.

Thanks and cheers,

Andy

You're welcome. If anybody needs anymore translations let me know.

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A.B.

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ShortWheelbase.com – Jeep preparations.
Coordinates Converter – Lat/Long <-> UTM Conversion Tool.

Brilliant offer, thanks.
I'm putting together in a Word/PDF file a travel document for the Land Rover:
Make, Model, VIN, CCs, Owner and all the other bits that a customs post would want.
I have it in English (of course), Spannish and French - to follow soon), but an Arabic version would be excellent.
Anyone up for translating any other languages.
Once they are available, I will put them up on my website for anyone to download.

Best wishes
Ian

Just a question : What is SOLAR ?
I've already found this term in Lebanon and Egypt and I believed it was an other term for Diesel .
Thanks for your replies .

RR .

Solar is equivalent to Diesel in many countries, although I do not know where this name came from. Another equivalent to Diesel is Mazout that you will find in many Arab countries with French influence.

[This message has been edited by rbuha (edited 14 January 2005).]

Ian, if you buy an international registration document for your vehicle it will have all the details in pretty much all major languages including Arabic and Persian.

Its a good idea to put it on one sheet though for ease when talking to authorities.

Where can I obatin an International Registration Document from?
I've never heard of them
Thanks
Ian