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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

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeزُجاجَةٌزُجاجاتٌ
Genitiveزُجاجَةٍزُجاجاتٍ
Accusativeزُجاجَةًزُجاجاتٍ
Vocativeيا زُجاجَةُيا 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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