مستقبل

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Arabic

Etymology

Passive participle of the verb اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala, to receive, meet, face).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mus.taq.bal/
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Noun

مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbalm

  1. future
    الِاِسْتِثْمَار فِي التَّعْلِيمِ يُمْكِن أَن يَكُون اِسْتِثْمَارًا فِي مُسْتَقْبَلٍ أَفْضَلٍ.
    al-iistiṯmār fī t-taʕlīmi yumkin ʔan yakūn istiṯmāran fī mustaqbalin ʔafḍalin.
    Investing in education can be an investment in a better future.
  2. (grammar) future tense

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal) (feminine مُسْتَقْبَلَة (mustaqbala), masculine plural مُسْتَقْبَلُونَ (mustaqbalūna), feminine plural مُسْتَقْبَلَات (mustaqbalāt))

  1. passive participle of اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala)
  2. future

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: مستقبل (müstakbel)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ب ل
11 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal).

Pronunciation

Noun

مستقبل (mustagbalm

  1. future
  2. (grammar) future tense
    Antonym: ماضي (māḍi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مستقبل (mustagbil) (feminine مُسْتَقْبِلة (mustagbila), common plural مُسْتَقْبِلين (mustagbilīn))

  1. active participle of استقبل (astagbal, to receive, to host guests)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ب ل
7 terms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal). Equivalent to the passive participle of استقبل (istaʔbal, to receive).

Pronunciation

Noun

مستقبل (mustaʔbalm

  1. (time) future
    Antonym: ماضي (māḍi)

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil) (Hindi spelling मुस्तक़बिल)

  1. future

Noun

مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbilm (Hindi spelling मुस्तक़बिल)

  1. future
  2. (grammar) future tense
    Antonym: ماضی (māzī)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal, adj).

Declension

    Declension of مستقبل
singular plural
direct مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil) مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil)
oblique مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil) مُسْتَقْبِلوں (mustaqbilõ)
vocative مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil) مُسْتَقْبِلو (mustaqbilo)

References

  • مستقبل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مستقبل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.