شجاع

Arabic

Root
ش ج ع (š-j-ʕ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃu.d͡ʒaːʕ/

Adjective

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

Descendants

  • Swahili: shujaa

References

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

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic شُجَاع (šujāʕ).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃʊ.d͡ʒɑːʔ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃʊ.d͡ʒɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃu.d͡ʒɔː]

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

Adjective

Dari شجاع
Iranian Persian
Tajik шуҷоъ

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

  1. brave
  2. courageous

Synonyms

  • باجرأت (bâ-jor'at)
  • دلیر (dalir)
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