شجر

See also: سخر, سحر, and ش ج ر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ش ج ر (š-j-r).

Verb

شَجَرَ (šajara) I, non-past يَشْجُرُ‎ (yašjuru)

  1. to turn away from, to avert
  2. to refuse, to keep off, to hinder
  3. to be disputed between
  4. to tie up, to chain (إِلَى (ʾilā) to)
  5. to prop up
  6. to support
  7. to open
  8. to force (an animal) to open the mouth (by pulling on the reins)
  9. to pierce
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

شَجَّرَ (šajjara) II, non-past يُشَجِّرُ‎ (yušajjiru)

  1. to plant with trees
  2. to afforest
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

شَجَر (šajar) m (collective, singulative شَجَرَة (šajara), dual شَجَرَتَان (šajaratān), paucal شَجَرَات (šajarāt), plural أَشْجَار (ʾašjār))

  1. trees
    شَجَر (šajar) = trees (in general) (collective)
    شَجَرَة (šajara) = a tree (singulative)
    شَجَرَتَان (šajaratān) = two trees (dual)
    شَجَرَات (šajarāt) = 3 to 10 trees, some trees, a few trees (paucal, little plural)
    أَشْجَار (ʾašjār) = (kinds of) trees (big plural)
  2. shrubs, bushes
  3. stock, origin, pedigree, background, genealogy
  4. family, tribe, support system, connections
Declension

Derived terms

Nouns
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Adjectives

Etymology 4

Noun

شَجْر (šajr) m

  1. verbal noun of شَجَرَ (šajara) (form I)
  2. object of dispute, disputed matter or question
Declension

Etymology 5

Noun

شَجْر (šajr) m (plural أَشْجَار (ʾašjār) or شُجُور (šujūr) or شِجَار (šijār))

  1. chin
  2. corner of the mouth, opening of the mouth
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), شجر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 394–395
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), شجر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 1192–1193
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), شجر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, pages 529–530

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic شَجَر (šajar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃædʒær/

Noun

Dari Persian شجر
Iranian Persian شجر
Tajiki Persian шаҷар (šajar)

شجر (šajar) (plural اشجار)

  1. (rare) tree

Synonyms

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