مراد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Noun

مُرَّاد • (murrād) m pl

1. plural of مَارِد (mārid)

Etymology 2

Adjective

مُرَّاد • (murrād) m pl

1. masculine plural of مَارِد (mārid)

Etymology 3

Root
ر و د (r-w-d)

Adjective

مُرَاد • (murād)

1. wanted; wished for, desired, desirable

Noun

مُرَاد • (murād)

1. desire, wish

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: murad, (dialectal) muraz
• → Middle Armenian: մուրատ (murat), մուրադ (murad), մուրազ (muraz), մուրած (murac)
  • Armenian: մուրազ (muraz), մուրատ (murat), մուրադ (murad)
• → Georgian: მურაზი (murazi)
• → Kazakh: мұрат (mūrat)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مراد (murad, mürad)
  • Turkish: murat
  • Crimean Tatar: murad
• → Persian: مراد (morâd)
  • → Hindi: मुराद (murād)
  • → Urdu: مراد (murād)

Proper noun

مُرَاد • (murād)

1. a male given name, Murad

Descendants

• → English: Murad
• → French: Mourad
• → Middle Armenian: Մուրադ (Murad), Մուրատ (Murat)
  • Armenian: Մուրադ (Murad)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مراد (Murad)
  • Turkish: Murat
• → Persian: مراد (Morâd)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُرَاد (murād).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ˈɾɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾɑ́ːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾɔ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɹɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	murāḏ
Dari reading?	murād
Iranian reading?	morâd
Tajik reading?	murod

Noun

Dari	مراد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мурод

مراد • (morâd) (plural مرادها (morâd-hâ))

1. desire, wish
2. intention, purpose
3. aim, goal, end

Synonyms

• آرزو (ârzu)
• کام (kâm)

Derived terms

• بی‌مراد (bi-morâd)

Adjective

Dari	مراد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мурод

مراد • (morâd)

1. wished, desired
2. looked-for, intended

Proper noun

Dari	مراد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Мурод

مراد • (morâd)

1. a male given name, Morad, from Arabic

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مراد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press