مستقبل

Arabic

Etymology

Passive participle of the verb اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala, to receive, meet, face).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mus.taq.bal/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /mustaɡbal/, [mʊstaɡbal]
  • (file)

Noun

مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal) m

  1. future
  2. (grammar) future tense

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal) (feminine مُسْتَقْبَلَة (mustaqbala), masculine plural مُسْتَقْبَلُونَ (mustaqbalūna), feminine plural مُسْتَقْبَلَات (mustaqbalāt))

  1. passive participle of اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala)
  2. future

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: مستقبل (müstakbel)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ب ل

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal). Equivalent to the passive participle of استقبل (istaʔbal, to receive) .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mus.taʔ.bal/, [musˈtaʔ.bal]
  • (file)

Noun

مستقبل (mustaʔbal) m

  1. (time) future
    Antonym: ماضي (māḍi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil) (Hindi spelling मुस्तक़बिल)

  1. future

Noun

مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil) m (Hindi spelling मुस्तक़बिल)

  1. future
  2. (grammar) future tense
    Antonym: ماضی (māzī)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal, adj).

Declension

Declension of مستقبل
singular plural
direct مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil) مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil)
oblique مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil) مُسْتَقْبِلوں (mustaqbilō̃)
vocative مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil) مُسْتَقْبِلو (mustaqbilō)

References

  • مستقبل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مستقبل”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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