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زُجاجَة
bottle /zuˈd͡ʒaːd͡ʒa/
nounB1#1633 most common
Also: glass container, flask
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ زُجاجَة.
This is a bottle.
أُريدُ زُجاجَةَ ماءٍ.
I want a bottle of water.
الزُّجاجَةُ عَلى الطّاوِلَةِ.
The bottle is on the table.
كَسَرَ الوَلَدُ الزُّجاجَةَ بِالخَطَأِ.
The boy broke the bottle by accident.
اشتَرَيتُ زُجاجَةَ زَيتٍ مِنَ السّوقِ أمسِ.
I bought a bottle of oil from the market yesterday.
وَجَدوا رِسالَةً قَديمَةً داخِلَ زُجاجَةٍ طافِيَةٍ عَلى سَطحِ البَحرِ.
They found an old letter inside a bottle floating on the surface of the sea.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | زُجاجَةٌ | زُجاجاتٌ |
| Genitive | زُجاجَةٍ | زُجاجاتٍ |
| Accusative | زُجاجَةً | زُجاجاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا زُجاجَةُ | يا زُجاجاتُ |
Word family
زُجاجglass (material)زُجاجِيّglassy, made of glass
زَجّاجglazier, glassworker
قارورَةflask, bottle (near synonym)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic noun زُجاج (zujāj), meaning glass. Adding the feminine ending ة turns the material into a single countable object, so the form names one glass vessel, a bottle. The root z-j-j is Semitic and carries the sense of glass and clear, smooth material.
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