مصدر

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from 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

   ‏أَصْبَحَ ٱلْإِنْتِرْنِتُ مَصْدَرًا رَئِيسِيًّا لِلْمَعْلُومَاتِ فِي عَصْرِنَا.‎‎

   ʔaṣbaḥa l-ʔintirnitu maṣdaran raʔīsiyyan lilmaʕlūmāti fī ʕaṣrinā.

   The internet has become a primary source of information in our era.

4. (grammar) verbal noun, infinitive, gerund
   • Ibn Malik, Alfiya

     ‏وَنَعَتُوا بِمَصْدَرٍ كَثِيرًا / فَٱلْتَزَمُوا الْإِفْرَادَ وَٱلتَّذْكِيرَا‎

     wanaʕatū bimaṣdarin kaṯīran / fal-tazamū l-ʔifrāda wat-taḏkīrā

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     ‏الْمَصْدَرُ ٱسْمُ مَا سِوَى ٱلزَّمَانِ مِنْ / مَدْلُولَيِ ٱلْفِعْلِ كَأَمْنٍ مِنْ أَمِنْ‎

     al-maṣdaru smu mā siwā z-zamāni min / madlūlayi l-fiʕli kaʔamnin min ʔamin

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Declension

Declension of noun مَصْدَر (maṣdar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَصْدَر maṣdar	الْمَصْدَر‎ al-maṣdar	مَصْدَر maṣdar
Nominative	مَصْدَرٌ maṣdarun	الْمَصْدَرُ‎ al-maṣdaru	مَصْدَرُ maṣdaru
Accusative	مَصْدَرًا‎ maṣdaran	الْمَصْدَرَ‎ al-maṣdara	مَصْدَرَ maṣdara
Genitive	مَصْدَرٍ maṣdarin	الْمَصْدَرِ‎ al-maṣdari	مَصْدَرِ maṣdari
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَصْدَرَيْن‎ maṣdarayn	الْمَصْدَرَيْن‎ al-maṣdarayn	مَصْدَرَيْ‎ maṣdaray
Nominative	مَصْدَرَانِ‎ maṣdarāni	الْمَصْدَرَانِ‎ al-maṣdarāni	مَصْدَرَا‎ maṣdarā
Accusative	مَصْدَرَيْنِ‎ maṣdarayni	الْمَصْدَرَيْنِ‎ al-maṣdarayni	مَصْدَرَيْ‎ maṣdaray
Genitive	مَصْدَرَيْنِ‎ maṣdarayni	الْمَصْدَرَيْنِ‎ al-maṣdarayni	مَصْدَرَيْ‎ maṣdaray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَصَادِر‎ maṣādir	الْمَصَادِر‎ al-maṣādir	مَصَادِر‎ maṣādir
Nominative	مَصَادِرُ‎ maṣādiru	الْمَصَادِرُ‎ al-maṣādiru	مَصَادِرُ‎ maṣādiru
Accusative	مَصَادِرَ‎ maṣādira	الْمَصَادِرَ‎ al-maṣādira	مَصَادِرَ‎ maṣādira
Genitive	مَصَادِرَ‎ maṣādira	الْمَصَادِرِ‎ al-maṣādiri	مَصَادِرِ‎ maṣādiri

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• → Georgian: მასდარი (masdari)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَصْدَر‎ (maṣdar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mas.daɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.d̪äɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.d̪äɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäs.d̪äɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäs.d̪äɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæs.d̪æɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.d̪äɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	masdar
Dari reading?	masdar
Iranian reading?	masdar
Tajik reading?	masdar

Noun

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

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