مصدر

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of 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
      وَنَعَتُوا بِمَصْدَرٍ كَثِيرًا / فَٱلْتَزَمُوا الْإِفْرَادَ وَٱلتَّذْكِيرَا
      wanaʿatū bimaṣdarin kaṯīran / fal-tazamū l-ʾifrāda wat-taḏkīrā
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Declension

Derived terms

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَصْدَر (maṣdar).

Noun

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

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