chejra شجرة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“chejra” (شجرة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning tree.
Meanings
- tree
- plant, shrub
Usage
Chejra is the singulative of chjer: it refers to one specific tree and can be counted (chejra wa7da, jouj chejrat). The usual plural is chejrat. The word is feminine and takes feminine agreement on adjectives and verbs: chejra kbira ("a big tree"), chejra tay7a ("a fallen tree"). It appears in spatial expressions like te7t chejra ("under a tree") or f rass chejra ("at the top of the tree"). By extension, it can refer to a shrub or a plant of some size. It belongs to the common, neutral register.
Example
كان كيقرا تحت شجرة
kan ki9ra te7t chejra
“He was studying under a tree.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chejra” but also “chjra”, “chajra”, “shjra” and “chejjra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chejra” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “tree”; “family tree (with context)”: chajra in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “tree”; “family tree (chajrat el-3ayla)”: chajra in Tunisian.