مصدر

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from صَدَرَ‎ (ṣadara, “to happen, to occur, to go out”), from the root ص د ر‎ (ṣ-d-r).

Noun

مَصْدَر • (maṣdar) m (plural مَصَادِر‎ (maṣādir))

  1. verbal noun of صَدَرَ‎ (ṣadara) (form I)
  2. starting point, point of origin
  3. origin, source
  4. (grammar) verbal noun, infinitive, gerund
    • Ibn Malik, Alfiya
      ‏وَنَعَتُوا بِمَصْدَرٍ كَثِيرًا / فَٱلْتَزَمُوا الْإِفْرَادَ وَٱلتَّذْكِيرَا‎
      wanaʕatū bimaṣdarin kaṯīran / fal-tazamū l-ʔifrāda wat-taḏkīrā
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      ‏الْمَصْدَرُ ٱسْمُ مَا سِوَى ٱلزَّمَانِ مِنْ / مَدْلُولَيِ ٱلْفِعْلِ كَأَمْنٍ مِنْ أَمِنْ‎
      al-maṣdaru smu mā siwā z-zamāni min / madlūlayi l-fiʕli kaʔamnin min ʔamin
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Declension

Derived terms

  • مَصْدَر مُؤَوَّل‎ (maṣdar muʔawwal)
  • مَصْدَر مِيمِيّ‎ (maṣdar mīmiyy)

Descendants

  • → Georgian: მასდარი (masdari)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَصْدَر‎ (maṣdar).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /masdaɾ/

    Noun

    مصدر • (masdar) (plural مصدرها‎ (masdar-hâ) or مصادر‎ (masâder))

    1. (grammar) infinitive
    2. (rare) origin
    3. (rare) source
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