شجر

See also: سخر, سحر, and ش ج ر

Arabic

Etymology

Of the root ش ج ر (š-j-r). See it for more.

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 (ʔilā) 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

Verb

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

  1. to plant with trees
  2. to afforest

Conjugation

Noun

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

  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 (ʔašjār) = (kinds of) trees (big plural)
  2. shrubs, bushes
  3. stock, origin, pedigree, background, genealogy
  4. family, tribe, support system, connections

Declension

Noun

شِجَر or شَجَر • (šijar or šajar) m (collective, singulative شِجَرَة f (šijara) or شَجَرَة (šajara), plural أَشْجَار (ʔašjār))

  1. (al-Andalus, Morocco) fig trees
    • a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XIIe siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique, number 2, published 1934, page 248 (٥٦) 16:

Declension

Alternative forms

Noun

شَجْر • (šajr) m

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

Declension

Noun

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

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

Declension

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic شَجَر (šajar).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃä.d͡ʒǽɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃä.d͡ʒǽɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃä.d͡ʒǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? šajar
Dari reading? šajar
Iranian reading? šajar
Tajik reading? šajar

Noun

Dari شجر
Iranian Persian
Tajik шаҷар

شجر • (šajar) (plural اشجار)

  1. (rare) tree

Synonyms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش ج ر
2 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic شَجَر (šajar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ʒar/, [ˈʃa.ʒɑrˤ]
  • (file)

Noun

شجر • (šajar) m (collective, singulative شجرة f (šajara), paucal شجرات (šajarāt))

  1. (collective) trees

See also

  • غابة (ḡābe, forest; jungle), حرش (ḥurš, forest, wood)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شجر (šajar), itself from Arabic شَجَر (šajar).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃə.d͡ʒəɾ/
  • Rhymes: -əɾ
  • Hyphenation: شَ‧جَر

Noun

شَجَر • (śajar) m (formal plural اشجار, Hindi spelling शजर)

  1. (formal or poetic) tree
    Synonyms: درخت (draxt), پیڑ (peṛ)
    • 2010, Javed Akhtar, Jidhar Jaate Hain Sab [Whither Everyone Goes] :
      بلندی پر انہیں مٹی کی خوشبو تک نہیں آتی
      یہ وہ شاخیں ہیں جن کو اب شجر اچھا نہیں لگتا
      bulandī par unhẽ miṭṭī kī xuśbū tak nahī̃ ātī
      ye vo śāxẽ haĩ jin ko ab śajar acchā nahī̃ lagtā.
      At that lofty height, the fragrance of the soil does not reach
      Those branches, to whom the tree no longer seems good.

Further reading

  • شجر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • شجر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شجر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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