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Sharikah
شَرِكَة
Main Meaning
The word شَرِكَة /Sharikah/ has two main meanings:
Joint ownership
The word refers to a state of joint ownership or partnership between two individuals, usually in business or trade. Check how the word is used in the following examples:
I co-own a factory with my friend.
Amliku mṣnaʻan sharktan maʻa ṣadyqy
أَملِكُ مصنَعًا شَركةً مَعَ صَديقي
I won a hundred thousand dollars, shared with my brother
Rabiḥtu miʼta alfin sharikatan maʻa akhy
رَبِحتُ مِئةَ ألفٍ شَرِكَةً مَعَ أَخي
The word here implies that the money the speaker earned is not solely his; his brother shares it with him.
A business enterprise
The second meaning refers to a business enterprise or a company, where multiple employees work. Look at the examples below:
Ibrahim is employed at a detergent company
Yaʻmalu ibrāhīmu fī sharikati munaẓẓifātin
يَعمَلُ إِبراهِيمُ فِي شَرِكَةِ مُنَظِّفاتٍ
I work at an electronic company
Aʻmalu fī sharikatin ilkitrwnīytin
أَعمَلُ في شَرِكَةٍ إِلكِترونِيّةٍ
Plural Form
There is a plural form for the word شَرِكَة /Sharikah/ that carries the meaning “company” and that’s شَرِكات / Sharikāt/ i.e. “companies”
Collocations
In most cases, the word شَرِكة /Sharikah/, which means company, is paired with other vocabulary to form phrases with specific meanings.
Here are two example collocations paired with شَرِكَة:
Airline Company
Airline Company
Shariktu alkhuṭwṭi aljawyyh
شَرِكةُ الخُطوطِ الجَويّة
The collocation refers to an institution that owns and operates aircraft.
I traveled to Turkey with the Turkish Air Lines Company
Sāfartu ilá turkyā maʻa sharkiti alkhuṭwṭi aljawwyyti altturkyyti
سافَرتُ إلى تُركيا مع شَركِةِ الخُطوطِ الجَوّيّةِ التُّركيّةِ
Equity Company
Equity Company
Sharikatu ashumin
شَرِكَة أَسْهُمٍ
I invested in the equity company NASDAQ
Istathmartu fī sharkiti alʼashumi nāsdik
استَثمَرتُ في شَركِةِ الأَسهُمِ ناسدِك
Derivations
Several Arabic words can be derived from the same root word شَرِكَة, including:
partner
Sharīkun
شَرِيكٌ
partnership
Sharākatun
شَرَاكَةٌ
share
Mushārakatun
مُشَارَكَةٌ
participation
Ishtirākun
اِشْتِرَاكٌ
joint
Mushtarak
مُشْتَرَك
Examples
Ahmed is Samir’s partner in the dairy factory
Aḥmadu sharyku samyr fī maṣnaʻi alʼlbāni
أحمَدُ شَريكُ سَمير فِي مَصنَعِ الألبانِ
Haifa enjoys sharing food with her friend
Hayfāʼu tuḥibbu mushārakati ṣadīqatihā fī alṭaʻāmi
هَيفاءُ تُحِبُّ مُشارَكَةِ صَدِيقَتِها فِي الطَعامِ
Here the word signifies a preference for dining with someone.
Synonyms
When used to describe a place of employment, the term “company” is synonymous with the word “institution.” For instance, you can say,
company
sharikati
شَرِكَةِ
institution
muʼsaasti
مُؤسَّسةِ
Examples
I work for AlifBee company.
Anā aʻmalu fī sharikati alif bī
أَنا أَعمَلُ في شَرِكَةِ أَلِف بي
I work at AlifBee institution.
anā aʻmalu fī muʼsaasti alif bī
أَنا أَعمَلُ فِي مُؤسَّسةِ أَلِف بي
Antonyms
in partnership
sharikati
شَرِكَةِ
one’s own
Khāṣṣ
خاصّ
Example
I own one factory with my family, and the other one is entirely my own
Amliku maṣnaʻyni wāḥidun sharkitan maʻa ʻāʼilaty wa-al-ākhar khāṣṣun lī faqaṭ
أَملِكُ مَصنَعينِ واحِدٌ شَركِةً مَعَ عائِلَتي والآخر خاصٌّ لي فقط
Conclusion
Make sure to use the new word in its different forms in your daily conversations, and read about more words here.
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