مصدر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ص د ر (ṣ-d-r)

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

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

     (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
  • → Urdu: مصدر

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