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/

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Noun

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

1. street

Declension

Declension of noun شَارِع (šāriʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَارِع šāriʕ	الشَّارِع aš-šāriʕ	شَارِع šāriʕ
Nominative	شَارِعٌ šāriʕun	الشَّارِعُ aš-šāriʕu	شَارِعُ šāriʕu
Accusative	شَارِعًا šāriʕan	الشَّارِعَ aš-šāriʕa	شَارِعَ šāriʕa
Genitive	شَارِعٍ šāriʕin	الشَّارِعِ aš-šāriʕi	شَارِعِ šāriʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَارِعَيْن šāriʕayn	الشَّارِعَيْن aš-šāriʕayn	شَارِعَيْ šāriʕay
Nominative	شَارِعَانِ šāriʕāni	الشَّارِعَانِ aš-šāriʕāni	شَارِعَا šāriʕā
Accusative	شَارِعَيْنِ šāriʕayni	الشَّارِعَيْنِ aš-šāriʕayni	شَارِعَيْ šāriʕay
Genitive	شَارِعَيْنِ šāriʕayni	الشَّارِعَيْنِ aš-šāriʕayni	شَارِعَيْ šāriʕay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَوَارِع šawāriʕ	الشَّوَارِع aš-šawāriʕ	شَوَارِع šawāriʕ
Nominative	شَوَارِعُ šawāriʕu	الشَّوَارِعُ aš-šawāriʕu	شَوَارِعُ šawāriʕu
Accusative	شَوَارِعَ šawāriʕa	الشَّوَارِعَ aš-šawāriʕa	شَوَارِعَ šawāriʕa
Genitive	شَوَارِعَ šawāriʕa	الشَّوَارِعِ aš-šawāriʕi	شَوَارِعِ šawāriʕi

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 القديمة ― a street in the Old City of Cartagena

Etymology

From Arabic شَارِع (šāriʕ).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Amman):

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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”)