شجاع

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

Arabic

Root
ش ج ع (š j ʕ)
7 terms

Pronunciation

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

Borrowed from Arabic شُجَاع (šujāʕ).

Pronunciation

 

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