شجاع

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ش ج ع (š-j-ʕ)

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

شُجَاع (šujāʕ) (feminine شُجَاعَة (šujāʕa), masculine plural شَجَعَة (šajaʕa) or شُجْعَان (šujʕān), feminine plural شُجَاعَات (šujāʕāt), elative أَشْجَع (ʔašjaʕ))

  1. brave, courageous, plucky, bold
    Synonyms: شَجِيع (šajīʕ), بَطَل (baṭal), مِلحَس
    Antonym: جَبَان (jabān)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Swahili: shujaa

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “شجاع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic شُجَاع (šujāʕ).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? šujā'
Dari reading? šujā'
Iranian reading? šojâ'
Tajik reading? šujoʾ

Adjective[edit]

Dari شجاع
Iranian Persian
Tajik шуҷоъ

شجاع (šojâ') (comparative شجاع‌تَر (šojâ'-tar), superlative شجاع‌تَرین (šojâ'-tarin))

  1. brave
  2. courageous

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