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أُجْرَة
fare /ˈʔudʒ.ra/
nounB1#1641 most common
Also: fee, wage, rent
Example sentences
الأُجْرَة عشرة دولارات.
The fare is ten dollars.
كم الأُجْرَة إلى المطار؟
How much is the fare to the airport?
دفعتُ الأُجْرَة للسائق.
I paid the fare to the driver.
أُجْرَة الشقة مرتفعة هذا العام.
The rent of the apartment is high this year.
يتقاضى العامل أُجْرَة يومية مقابل عمله.
The worker receives a daily wage for his labor.
رفضت الشركة دفع أُجْرَة العمل الإضافي للموظفين.
The company refused to pay the overtime wage to the employees.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أُجْرَةٌ | أُجَرٌ |
| Genitive | أُجْرَةٍ | أُجَرٍ |
| Accusative | أُجْرَةً | أُجَراً |
| Vocative | يا أُجْرَة | يا أُجَر |
Word family
أَجْرwage, reward
اِسْتَأْجَرَto rent, to hire
مُؤَجِّرlandlord, lessor
مُسْتَأْجِرtenant, lesseeأَجِيرhired worker
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root hamza-jim-ra, which carries the sense of payment and reward. The same root gives the verb that means to hire or to rent. It names the money owed in return for work or use.
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