شارع

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.

• IPA^(key): /ʃaː.riʕ/

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

1. street

شَارِع • (šāriʕ) m pers (plural شَارِعُون (šāriʕūn))

1. legislator

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

From Arabic شَارِع (šāriʕ).

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

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

1. street

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

شارع • (śāre) m

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

شارع • (śāre)

1. legislator, lawgiver

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