شارع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ر ع (š-r-ʕ). Has the form of an active participle but the corresponding verb شَرَعَ (šaraʕa, to have an outlet into the street) may rather be derived from the noun; other meanings of the verb don't fit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.riʕ/
  • (file)

Noun

شَارِع • (šāriʕ) m (plural شَوَارِع (šawāriʕ))

  1. street

Declension

References

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش ر ع
3 terms
شارع في مدينة قرطاجنة القديمةa street in the Old City of Cartagena

Etymology

From Arabic شَارِع (šāriʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.reʕ/, [ˈʃæː.rɪʕ], [ˈʃaː.rɪʕ]
  • (file)

Noun

شارع • (šāreʕ) m (plural شوارع (šawāreʕ))

  1. street

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شارع (šāri'), from Arabic شَارِع (šāriʕ).

Noun

شارع • (śāre) m

  1. street, road
  2. highway, wide street, large road

Adjective

شارع • (śāre)

  1. legislator, lawgiver

See also

  • شارع عام f (śāre-e-ām, public road, public way, thoroughfare)
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