شَجَرَة tree in Arabic
شَجَرَة is how you say “tree” in Arabic.
Root ش ج ر sh-j-r. noun (feminine, singular/unit noun). shajarah.
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Meaning of tree in Arabic
- a tree a woody plant with a trunk and branches
- a shrub, bush the same word covers smaller woody plants, not only large trees
Example sentence
إِذا علقت شروش الْمعرفَة فِي أَرض الْقلب نَبتَت فِيهِ شَجَرَة الْمحبَّة،
When the roots of knowledge take hold in the soil of the heart, the tree of love grows there.
شَجَرَةُ tree of
shajara means 'a tree'; the subject 'the tree', heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word.
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How it is used
Lane traces شَجَرٌ ("trees, shrubs") to the same root sense as the verb شَجَرَ ("to become confused, a matter of dispute between people"): commentators explain that trees are named shajar because their branches intermix and tangle together. شَجَرَةٌ is the concrete, singular word for one such plant — a tree or shrub — as opposed to the collective شَجَر.
Words from the same root
- شَجَرٌ trees, shrubs (collective — the plural mass of which shajarah is one unit)
- تَشْجِيرُ propping the racemes of palm-trees up onto the branches so they don't break
- شاجر to contend, dispute, or litigate with someone
- اشجرت (of land) to produce trees or shrubs
- اشتجر to become tangled/knit together; to clash or contend, as with spears in a fight
- مِشْجَرٌ a rack or stand on which things are hung or thrown
More example sentences
فَلَا تزَال الشَّجَرَة تؤتي أكلهَا كل حِين بإذن الله رَبِّهَا
The tree continues to yield its fruit at all times by the permission of its Lord.
الشَّجَرَةُ the tree
al- = 'the'; shajara means 'tree'; the '-u' ending marks it as the subject.
فإن غرست شَجَرَة الإيمان والتقوى أورثت حلاوة الأبد،
If the tree of faith and piety is planted, it yields the sweetness of eternity.
شَجَرَةُ the tree of
shajara means 'tree'; the '-u' ending marks it as the subject, heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word.
وإن غرست شَجَرَة الجهل والهوى كان الثمر مرًّا
If the tree of ignorance and desire is planted, the fruit will be bitter.
شَجَرَةُ the tree of
shajara means 'tree'; the '-u' ending marks it as the subject, heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word.
مِثَال تولد الطَّاعَة ونموها وتزايدها كَمثل نواة غرستها فَصَارَت شَجَرَة ثمَّ أثمرت فَأكلت ثَمَرهَا وغرست نَوَاهَا،
The example of the birth, growth, and increase of obedience is like a seed you plant, which becomes a tree, then it bears fruit, and you eat its fruit and plant its seeds,
شَجَرَةً a tree
shajara means 'tree'; the '-an' ending — the predicate after 'became' ('became a tree').
لَيْسَ للعابد مستراح إِلَّا تَحت شَجَرَة طُوبَى
For the worshipper, there is no resting place except under the Tree of Tuba.
شَجَرَةِ tree
'Tree', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the tree of Tuba' — genitive after 'under'. It owns the name that follows.
وأنْبت الله شَجَرَة لم تكن قبل
And Allah caused a tree to grow that had not been there before.
شَجَرَةً a tree
The object of 'caused to grow', accusative ('-an' tanwin), indefinite — a tree. What God made spring up.
فقال إن ربي غضب غضباً لم يغضب قبله مثله، ولا يغضب بعده مثله، وإنه نهاني عن الشجرة، فعصيت، نفسي نفسي نفسي، اذهبوا إلى غيري،
He said: "My Lord has become angry with an anger unlike any anger before or after. He forbade me from the tree, and I disobeyed. Myself, myself, myself! Go to someone else."
الشَّجَرَةِ the tree
A noun made definite by al- 'the', in the genitive because the preposition before it governs that ending. The al- points to one specific, known tree, the particular one in the story rather than trees in general.
Common questions
- How do you say "tree" in Arabic?
- شَجَرَة (shajarah).
- What is the root of شَجَرَة and what does it mean?
- The root is ش ج ر (sh-j-r), whose basic sense is to be tangled, intricate, or confused — trees (شَجَر) are said to be named for the intermixing of their branches.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).