مجرة

See also: مجره, and مجرہ

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ج ر ر (j-r-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.d͡ʒar.ra/

Noun

مَجَرَّة • (majarra) f (plural مَجَرَّات (majarrāt))

1. galaxy

Declension

Declension of noun مَجَرَّة (majarra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَجَرَّة majarra	الْمَجَرَّة al-majarra	مَجَرَّة majarrat
Nominative	مَجَرَّةٌ majarratun	الْمَجَرَّةُ al-majarratu	مَجَرَّةُ majarratu
Accusative	مَجَرَّةً majarratan	الْمَجَرَّةَ al-majarrata	مَجَرَّةَ majarrata
Genitive	مَجَرَّةٍ majarratin	الْمَجَرَّةِ al-majarrati	مَجَرَّةِ majarrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَجَرَّتَيْن majarratayn	الْمَجَرَّتَيْن al-majarratayn	مَجَرَّتَيْ majarratay
Nominative	مَجَرَّتَانِ majarratāni	الْمَجَرَّتَانِ al-majarratāni	مَجَرَّتَا majarratā
Accusative	مَجَرَّتَيْنِ majarratayni	الْمَجَرَّتَيْنِ al-majarratayni	مَجَرَّتَيْ majarratay
Genitive	مَجَرَّتَيْنِ majarratayni	الْمَجَرَّتَيْنِ al-majarratayni	مَجَرَّتَيْ majarratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَجَرَّات majarrāt	الْمَجَرَّات al-majarrāt	مَجَرَّات majarrāt
Nominative	مَجَرَّاتٌ majarrātun	الْمَجَرَّاتُ al-majarrātu	مَجَرَّاتُ majarrātu
Accusative	مَجَرَّاتٍ majarrātin	الْمَجَرَّاتِ al-majarrāti	مَجَرَّاتِ majarrāti
Genitive	مَجَرَّاتٍ majarrātin	الْمَجَرَّاتِ al-majarrāti	مَجَرَّاتِ majarrāti

Derived terms

• مَجَرِّيّ (majarriyy, “galactic”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məcərrə
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: मजर्रा (majarrā)
  • Urdu: مجرہ (majarra)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مجره (mecerre)
• → Pashto: مجره
• → Persian: مجره (majarre)

References

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