مرشد

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Arabic

Root
ر ش د (r š d)
7 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَرْشَدَ (ʔaršada).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُرْشِد (muršid)

  1. guiding
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:17:
      وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا
      waman yuḍlil falan tajida lahu waliyyan mmuršidan
      But whoever He leaves to stray, you will never find for them a guiding mentor.

Declension

Noun

مُرْشِد (muršidm (plural مُرْشِدُونَ (muršidūna), feminine مُرْشِدَة (muršida))

  1. guide (someone who guides)

Declension

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرْشِد (muršid).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? muršiḏ
Dari reading? muršid
Iranian reading? moršed
Tajik reading? muršid

Noun

مرشد (moršed)

  1. (religion) spiritual guide, religious master; (Sufism) Sufi shaykh
    Coordinate term: مرید (morid, disciple, follower)
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 107:
      ما بخود پا ننهادیم درین ره هرگز
      همه جا مرشد توفیق بود رهبر ما
      mā ba-xwad pā nanihādēm dar īn rah hargiz
      hama jā muršid-i tawfīq būd rahbar-i mā
      I have never set foot on this road on my own;
      Everywhere, the spiritual master of divine grace was my guide.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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