مصدر

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Contents 1 Arabic 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 2 Persian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[edit] Arabic

[edit] Etymology

From the primitive root صدر (ṣádara), to happen, to occur, to go out.

[edit] Noun

مصدر (máṣdar) m., مصادر (maṣādir) pl.

Verbal noun

1. (grammar) verbal noun, infinitive, gerund
2. (grammar) absolute object
3. starting point, point of origin
4. origin, source

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[edit] Persian

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic مصدر.

[edit] Noun

مصدر (masdar)

1. infinitive
2. origin
3. source