مفهوم

Arabic

Root
ف ه م (f h m)
8 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of فَهِمَ (fahima, “to understand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maf.huːm/
• Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

مَفْهُوم • (mafhūm) m (plural مَفَاهِيم (mafāhīm))

1. concept; notion; idea

Declension

Declension of noun مَفْهُوم (mafhūm)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَفْهُوم mafhūm	الْمَفْهُوم al-mafhūm	مَفْهُوم mafhūm
nominative	مَفْهُومٌ mafhūmun	الْمَفْهُومُ al-mafhūmu	مَفْهُومُ mafhūmu
accusative	مَفْهُومًا mafhūman	الْمَفْهُومَ al-mafhūma	مَفْهُومَ mafhūma
genitive	مَفْهُومٍ mafhūmin	الْمَفْهُومِ al-mafhūmi	مَفْهُومِ mafhūmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَفْهُومَيْن mafhūmayn	الْمَفْهُومَيْن al-mafhūmayn	مَفْهُومَيْ mafhūmay
nominative	مَفْهُومَانِ mafhūmāni	الْمَفْهُومَانِ al-mafhūmāni	مَفْهُومَا mafhūmā
accusative	مَفْهُومَيْنِ mafhūmayni	الْمَفْهُومَيْنِ al-mafhūmayni	مَفْهُومَيْ mafhūmay
genitive	مَفْهُومَيْنِ mafhūmayni	الْمَفْهُومَيْنِ al-mafhūmayni	مَفْهُومَيْ mafhūmay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَفَاهِيم mafāhīm	الْمَفَاهِيم al-mafāhīm	مَفَاهِيم mafāhīm
nominative	مَفَاهِيمُ mafāhīmu	الْمَفَاهِيمُ al-mafāhīmu	مَفَاهِيمُ mafāhīmu
accusative	مَفَاهِيمَ mafāhīma	الْمَفَاهِيمَ al-mafāhīma	مَفَاهِيمَ mafāhīma
genitive	مَفَاهِيمَ mafāhīma	الْمَفَاهِيمِ al-mafāhīmi	مَفَاهِيمِ mafāhīmi

Adjective

مَفْهُوم • (mafhūm) (feminine مَفْهُومَة (mafhūma))

1. understood
2. understandable; comprehensible

Declension

Declension of adjective مَفْهُوم (mafhūm)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَفْهُوم mafhūm	الْمَفْهُوم al-mafhūm	مَفْهُومَة mafhūma	الْمَفْهُومَة al-mafhūma
nominative	مَفْهُومٌ mafhūmun	الْمَفْهُومُ al-mafhūmu	مَفْهُومَةٌ mafhūmatun	الْمَفْهُومَةُ al-mafhūmatu
accusative	مَفْهُومًا mafhūman	الْمَفْهُومَ al-mafhūma	مَفْهُومَةً mafhūmatan	الْمَفْهُومَةَ al-mafhūmata
genitive	مَفْهُومٍ mafhūmin	الْمَفْهُومِ al-mafhūmi	مَفْهُومَةٍ mafhūmatin	الْمَفْهُومَةِ al-mafhūmati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَفْهُومَيْن mafhūmayn	الْمَفْهُومَيْن al-mafhūmayn	مَفْهُومَتَيْن mafhūmatayn	الْمَفْهُومَتَيْن al-mafhūmatayn
nominative	مَفْهُومَانِ mafhūmāni	الْمَفْهُومَانِ al-mafhūmāni	مَفْهُومَتَانِ mafhūmatāni	الْمَفْهُومَتَانِ al-mafhūmatāni
accusative	مَفْهُومَيْنِ mafhūmayni	الْمَفْهُومَيْنِ al-mafhūmayni	مَفْهُومَتَيْنِ mafhūmatayni	الْمَفْهُومَتَيْنِ al-mafhūmatayni
genitive	مَفْهُومَيْنِ mafhūmayni	الْمَفْهُومَيْنِ al-mafhūmayni	مَفْهُومَتَيْنِ mafhūmatayni	الْمَفْهُومَتَيْنِ al-mafhūmatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	مَفْهُومَات mafhūmāt	الْمَفْهُومَات al-mafhūmāt
nominative	?	?	مَفْهُومَاتٌ mafhūmātun	الْمَفْهُومَاتُ al-mafhūmātu
accusative	?	?	مَفْهُومَاتٍ mafhūmātin	الْمَفْهُومَاتِ al-mafhūmāti
genitive	?	?	مَفْهُومَاتٍ mafhūmātin	الْمَفْهُومَاتِ al-mafhūmāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məfhum
• → Ottoman Turkish: مفهوم (mefhüm)
  • → Turkish: mefhum
• → Persian: مفهوم
• → Uyghur: مەفھۇم (mefhum)
• → Uzbek: mafhum

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَفْهُوم (mafhūm).

Noun

مفهوم • (mafhúm) m

1. sense, concept

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَفْهُوم (mafhūm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maf.ˈhuːm/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäf.húːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäf.húːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.fúːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.fúm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæf.húːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäf.húm]

Readings
Classical reading?	mafhūm
Dari reading?	mafhūm
Iranian reading?	mafhum
Tajik reading?	mafhum

Noun

مفهوم • (mafhum)

1. concept

   یک مفهوم مرموز ― yek mafhum-e marmuz ― a mysterious concept

   • 1962, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, غرب‌زدگی [Occidentosis: A Plague from the West]:

     غرب و شرق، نه معنای سیاسی دارد و نه معنای جغرافیایی؛ بلکه دو مفهوم اقتصادی است. غرب، یعنی ممالک سیر؛ و شرق، یعنی ممالک گرسنه

     ġarb o šarq, ne ma'nâ-ye siyâsi dârad u ne ma'nâ-ye joġrâfiyâ; balke do mafhum-e eqtesâdi-st. ġarb, ya'ni mamâlek-i sir; u šarq, ya'ni mamâlek-i gorosne.

     The West and the East have neither a political meaning nor a geographical meaning; but [are] two economical concepts. The West, namely satiate countries; and the East, namely hungry countries.

2. content; meaningful content; point

Derived terms

• مفهومی (mafhumi)

Adjective

مفهوم • (mafhum)

1. understood
   • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 428”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[1]:

     همه عالم گر این صورت ببینند
     کس این معنی نخواهد کرد مفهوم

     hama ālam gar īn sūrat bibēnand
     kas īn ma'nī na-xwāhad kard mafhūm

     [Even] if all the world sees this [outer] appearance,
     Nobody will make its [inner] meaning understood.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)