قصد

See also: ق ص د

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ص د (q-ṣ-d).

Verb

قَصَدَ (qaṣada) I, non-past يَقْصِدُ‎ (yaqṣidu)

  1. to mean, to intend
  2. to move towards
  3. to aim at
  4. to try to injure or kill
  5. to fall upon
  6. to rely upon
  7. to dedicate
  8. to break (something) in the middle
  9. to be just
  10. to keep the golden mean
  11. to economize
  12. to make poems

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Swahili: -kusudi

References

Verb

قَصُدَ (qaṣuda) I, non-past يَقْصُدُ‎ (yaqṣudu)

  1. to be fat

Conjugation

References

Noun

قَصْد (qaṣd) m

  1. verbal noun of قَصَدَ (qaṣada) (form I)
  2. intention, objective, purpose, resolution, end, aim
  3. purport
  4. way, road

Declension

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَصْد (qaṣd).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَصد (qasd) (plural قَصدها (qasd-hâ))

  1. intention, desire, objective
    او قصد بدی نداشت
    u qasd-e bad-i na-dâšt.
    S/he didn't have bad intentions.
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2635:
      گفت پیغمبر که حق فرموده است، قصد من از خلق احسان بوده است
      goft peyğambar ke haqq farmude ast, qasd-e man az xalq ehsân bude ast.
      The Prophet has declared that God said, "My purpose in creating was to do good."
    • 2021 April 6, “روزنامه آمریکایی: تعجب‌آور نیست که ایران درباره قصد آمریکا تردید دارد”, in Donya-e-Eqtesad:
      تعجب‌آور نیست که ایران درباره قصد آمریکا تردید دارد
      ta'ajjob-âvar nist ke irân darbâre-ye qasd-e âmrikâ tardid dârad
      It is not astonishing that Iran is hesitant about America's intentions

Derived terms

  • قصد داشتن (qasd dâštan, to intend to)
  • قصد کردن (qasd kardan)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ص د

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَصَدَ (qaṣada).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔa.sˤad/, [ˈʔɑ.sˤɑd]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡa.sˤad/, [ˈɡɑ.sˤɑd]
  • (file)

Verb

قصد (ʔaṣad) (form I, present بقصد (boʔṣod))

  1. to mean, to intend
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قصد (ʔaṣad)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قصدت (ʔaṣadt) قصدت (ʔaṣadt) قصد (ʔaṣad) قصدنا (ʔaṣadna) قصدتو (ʔaṣadtu) قصدو (ʔaṣadu)
f قصدتي (ʔaṣadti) قصدت (ʔaṣdat)
present m بقصد (baʔṣod) بتقصد (btoʔṣod) بقصد (boʔṣod) منقصد (mnoʔṣod) بتقصدو (btoʔṣodu) بقصدو (boʔṣodu)
f بتقصدي (btoʔṣodi) بتقصد (btoʔṣod)
subjunctive m أقصد (ʔaʔṣod) تقصد (toʔṣod) يقصد (yoʔṣod) نقصد (noʔṣod) تقصدو (toʔṣodu) يقصدو (yoʔṣodu)
f تقصدي (toʔṣodi) تقصد (toʔṣod)
imperative m اقصد (oʔṣod) اقصدو (oʔṣodu)
f اقصدي (oʔṣodi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَصْد (qaṣd).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔasˤd/, [ʔɑsˤdˤ]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡasˤd/, [ɡɑsˤdˤ]
  • (file)

Noun

قصد (ʔaṣd) m

  1. meaning, intention
    شو قصدكšū ʔaṣdak?What do you mean?
    بدون قصدbidūn ʔaṣdunintentionally
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