مصدر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ص د ر (ṣ d r)
11 terms

Noun of place from صَدَرَ (ṣadara, “to happen, to occur, to go out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masˤ.dar/

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 li-l-maʕlūmāti 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

     wa-naʕatū bi-maṣdarin kaṯīran
     fa-l-tazamū l-ʔifrāda wa-t-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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

• → Azerbaijani: məsdər
• → Georgian: მასდარი (masdari)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مصدر (masdar)
  • → Turkish: mastar
• → Persian: مصدر (masdar)
  • → Urdu: مَصْدَر (masdar)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَصْدَر (maṣdar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mas.ˈdar/

 

• (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-hā / masdar-hâ), or مصادر (masādir / masâder), Tajik spelling масдар)

1. (grammar) infinitive (a grammatical mood)
2. (grammar) infinitive (non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection)
3. (grammar) infinitive (a verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb)
4. (rare) origin
5. (rare) source

Usage notes

In Persian linguistics, referring to verb infinitives ending in ـن (-an) specifically.

Derived terms

• اسم مصدر (ism-i masdar / esm-e masdar)
• حاصل مصدر (hāsil-i masdar / hâsel-e masdar)
• مصدر اصلی (masdar-i aslī / masdar-e asli)
• مصدر ترکیبی (masdar-i tarkībī / masdar-e tarkibi)
• مصدر جعلی (masdar-i ja'lī / masdar-e ja'li)
• مصدر حقیقی (masdarii haqīqī / masdaree haġiġi)
• مصدر صریح (masdar-i sarīh / masdar-e sarih)
• مصدر مؤول (masdar-i mu'awwal / masdar-e mo'avval)
• مصدر میمی (masdar-i mīmī / masdar-e mimi)
• مصدری (masdarī / masdari)

Descendants

• → Urdu: مَصْدَر (masdar)