شجر

Arabic

Etymology

ش ج ر (IPA: /ʃ-dʒ-r/) (Other: š-j-r)

Verb

شَجَرَ • (šájara) perfect — Verb form I

1. to fight
2. to litigate
3. to quarrel
4. to scrimmage
5. to scuffle
6. to spat
7. to squabble
8. to tiff

شَجَّرَ • (šájjara) perfect — Verb form II

1. to plant with trees
2. to afforest

Noun

شَجَرٌ • (šájar) m (collective) ― شجرة (šájara) f (singulative), plural أشْجَارٌ (ʾašjār)‎, شَجَرْتَيْنِ (šajartēn) (dual), شَجَرَاتٌ (šajarāt) (paucal)

1. tree
   1. شَجَرٌ (šájar) = trees (in general) (collective)
   2. شَجَرَةٌ (šájara) = a tree (singulative)
   3. شَجَرْتَيْنِ (šajartēn) = two trees (dual)
   4. شَجَرَاتٌ (šajarāt) = 3 to 10 trees, some trees, a few trees (paucal, little plural)
   5. أشْجَارٌ (‘ašjār) = (kinds of) trees (big plural)

Derived terms

Nouns

• تَشَجّر (tašájjar) — arborization
• شِجَارٌ (šijār) — brawl
• مُشَجّر (mušájjar) — forester
• مُشَاجَرَةٌ (mušājara) — fracas

Gerunds

• تَشَاجُر (tašājur) — altercation
• تَشْجِير (tašjīr) — arbor, forestation

Adjectives

• شَجَرِيّ (šájari) — arboreal, treelike
• مُشَجّر (mušájjar) — arborescent, wooded
• شَجَرَانِيّ (šajarāni) — arboreous

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic شجر (šajar).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃædʒær/

Noun

Dari	شجر‍
Iranian Persian	شجر‍
Tajik	‍шаҷар‍

شجر • (šajar), plural اشجار

1. tree

Synonyms

• درخت (deraxt)