شجرة

Singulative noun composed of شَجَر‎ (šajar, “trees”) +‎ ـَة‎ (-a).

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.d͡ʒa.ra/

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

1. tree

   ‏أَوَّلُ الشَّجَرَةِ بَذْرَةٌ.‎‎

   ʾawwalu š-šajarati baḏratun.

   The tree begins with a seed.

2. shrub, bush

• شَجَر‎ (šajar, “trees (in general) (plural in meaning, but grammatically singular)”)
• شَجَرَة‎ (šajara, “a tree”)
• شَجَرَتَان‎ (šajaratān, “two trees”)
• شَجَرَات‎ (šajarāt, “‎3 to 10 trees, some trees, a few trees”)
• أَشْجَار‎ (ʾašjār, “(kinds of) trees”)
• شَجَرَة نَسَب‎ (šajarat nasab, “genealogical tree”)

• Indonesian: sejarah (“history”)

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