مقصد

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ق ص د (q ṣ d)
7 terms

Noun of place from قَصَدَ (qaṣada, “to aim at, to have as a goal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maq.sˤid/

Noun

مَقْصِد • (maqṣid) m (plural مَقَاصِد (maqāṣid))

1. direction, trend, drift

   مَقْصِدِي مَكَّةُ ― maqṣidī makkatu ― I'm heading towards Mecca.

2. purpose, goal, aim, destination

Declension

Declension of noun مَقْصِد (maqṣid)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَقْصِد maqṣid	الْمَقْصِد al-maqṣid	مَقْصِد maqṣid
nominative	مَقْصِدٌ maqṣidun	الْمَقْصِدُ al-maqṣidu	مَقْصِدُ maqṣidu
accusative	مَقْصِدًا maqṣidan	الْمَقْصِدَ al-maqṣida	مَقْصِدَ maqṣida
genitive	مَقْصِدٍ maqṣidin	الْمَقْصِدِ al-maqṣidi	مَقْصِدِ maqṣidi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَقْصِدَيْن maqṣidayn	الْمَقْصِدَيْن al-maqṣidayn	مَقْصِدَيْ maqṣiday
nominative	مَقْصِدَانِ maqṣidāni	الْمَقْصِدَانِ al-maqṣidāni	مَقْصِدَا maqṣidā
accusative	مَقْصِدَيْنِ maqṣidayni	الْمَقْصِدَيْنِ al-maqṣidayni	مَقْصِدَيْ maqṣiday
genitive	مَقْصِدَيْنِ maqṣidayni	الْمَقْصِدَيْنِ al-maqṣidayni	مَقْصِدَيْ maqṣiday
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَقَاصِد maqāṣid	الْمَقَاصِد al-maqāṣid	مَقَاصِد maqāṣid
nominative	مَقَاصِدُ maqāṣidu	الْمَقَاصِدُ al-maqāṣidu	مَقَاصِدُ maqāṣidu
accusative	مَقَاصِدَ maqāṣida	الْمَقَاصِدَ al-maqāṣida	مَقَاصِدَ maqāṣida
genitive	مَقَاصِدَ maqāṣida	الْمَقَاصِدِ al-maqāṣidi	مَقَاصِدِ maqāṣidi

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maq.sˤad/

Noun

مَقْصَد • (maqṣad) m

1. verbal noun of قَصَدَ (qaṣada) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun مَقْصَد (maqṣad)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَقْصَد maqṣad	الْمَقْصَد al-maqṣad	مَقْصَد maqṣad
nominative	مَقْصَدٌ maqṣadun	الْمَقْصَدُ al-maqṣadu	مَقْصَدُ maqṣadu
accusative	مَقْصَدًا maqṣadan	الْمَقْصَدَ al-maqṣada	مَقْصَدَ maqṣada
genitive	مَقْصَدٍ maqṣadin	الْمَقْصَدِ al-maqṣadi	مَقْصَدِ maqṣadi

Descendants

• → Persian: مَقصَد (maqsad)
  • → Azerbaijani: məqsəd
  • → Bashkir: маҡсат (maqsat)
  • → Bengali: মকসদ (môksôd)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: मक़सद (maqsad)

    Urdu: مَقْصَد (maqsad)

  • → Kazakh: мақсат (maqsat)
  • → Kyrgyz: максат (maksat)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مقصد

    Turkish: maksat

    Crimean Tatar: maqsat

  • → Uzbek: maqsad
  • → Uyghur: مەقسەت (meqset)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ص د
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَقْصَد (maqṣad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡ.sˤad/

Noun

مَقْصَد • (magṣad) m (plural مَقَاصِد (magāṣid))

1. purpose, goal, aim

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَقْصِد (maqṣid, “purpose, goal, aim”).

Noun

مقصد • (maksad) (plural مقاصد (makasid))

1. aim, goal, purpose, intention, the object of one's endeavor

   Synonyms: آماج (amaç), غایه (gaye), نیت (niyet), هدف (hedef)

Descendants

• Turkish: maksat
• Crimean Tatar: maqsat

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “maksat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3030
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “maksad”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 687
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مقصد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1209
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Intentum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 843
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مقصد”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4842
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “maksat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مقصد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1947

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic مَقْصَد (maqṣad)bor.

Persian مَقْصَد

Borrowed from Arabic مَقْصَد (maqṣad).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maq.ˈsad/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäq.sád̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäq.sád̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäq.sád̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäq.sád̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʁ.sǽd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäq.sád̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	maqsad
Dari reading?	maqsad
Iranian reading?	maġsad
Tajik reading?	maqsad

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	مقصد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мақсад

مَقصَد • (maqsad) (plural مقاصد (maqâsed))

1. destination
2. goal, aim

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məqsəd
• → Bashkir: маҡсат (maqsat)
• → Bengali: মকসদ (môksôd)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मक़सद (maqsad)

  Urdu: مَقْصَد (maqsad)

• → Kazakh: мақсат (maqsat)
• → Kyrgyz: максат (maksat)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مقصد

  Turkish: maksat

  Crimean Tatar: maqsat

• → Uzbek: maqsad
• → Uyghur: مەقسەت (meqset)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic مَقْصَد (maqṣad)bor.

Classical Persian مَقْصَد (maqsad)bor.

Urdu مَقْصَد

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَقْصَد (maqsad), borrowed from Arabic مَقْصَد (maqṣad).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məq.səd̪/
• Rhymes: -əd̪
• Hyphenation: مَق‧صَد

Noun

مَقْصَد • (maqsad) m (formal plural مَقاصِد (maqāsid), Hindi spelling मक़सद)

1. purpose (ie. intention; goal; aim)

   Synonyms: اِرادَہ (irāda), مَطْلَب (matlab)

Declension

Declension of مقصد

	singular	plural
direct	مَقْصَد (maqsad)	مَقْصَد (maqsad)
oblique	مَقْصَد (maqsad)	مَقْصَدوں (maqsadõ)
vocative	مَقْصَد (maqsad)	مَقْصَدو (maqsado)

Further reading

• “مقصد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مقصد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مقصد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.