مقصد

مقصد

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ق ص د‎ (q-ṣ-d).

Noun

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

1. direction, trend, drift

   ‏مَقْصِدِي مَكَّةُ‎

   maqṣidī makkatu

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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

Descendants

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

    Hindi: मक़सद (maqsad)

    Urdu: مقصد‎‎ (maqsad)

  • → Kazakh: мақсат (maqsat)
  • → Kyrgyz: максат (maksat)
  • → Turkish: maksat
  • → Uzbek: maqsad
  • → Uyghur: مەقسەت‎ (meqset)

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

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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

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “maksat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3030
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مقصد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, 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, 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, Vienna, column 4842
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “maksat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مقصد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1947

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَقْصِد‎ (maqṣid).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /maqsad/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /maqsad/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /mæɢsæd/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /maqsad/

Noun

مَقصَد • (maqsad)

1. destination
2. goal, aim

Descendants

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

  Hindi: मक़सद (maqsad)

  Urdu: مقصد‎‎ (maqsad)

• → Kazakh: мақсат (maqsat)
• → Kyrgyz: максат (maksat)
• → Turkish: maksat
• → Uzbek: maqsad
• → Uyghur: مەقسەت‎ (meqset)