مقصود

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ق ص د (q ṣ d)
7 terms

Derived from the passive participle of the verb قَصَدَ (qaṣada, to mean, to intend, to aim at).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَقْصُود (maqṣūd) (feminine مَقْصُودَة (maqṣūda), masculine plural مَقْصُودُونَ (maqṣūdūna), feminine plural مَقْصُودَات (maqṣūdāt))

  1. aimed at, intended
  2. intentional, deliberate, designed

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

مَقْصُود (maqṣūdm

  1. aim, intention, goal, purpose

Declension

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَقْصُود (maqsūd), from Arabic مَقْصُود (maqṣūd).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَقْصُود (maqsūd) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मक़्सूद)

  1. proposed, intended; wished
  2. desired (connoted with beloved)

Noun

مَقْصُود (maqsūdm (Hindi spelling मक़्सूद)

  1. aim; object; intent; aim; view

Declension

    Declension of مقصود
singular plural
direct مَقْصُود (maqsūd) مَقْصُود (maqsūd)
oblique مَقْصُود (maqsūd) مَقْصُودوں (maqsūdõ)
vocative مَقْصُود (maqsūd) مَقْصُودو (maqsūdo)

Further reading

  • مقصود”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مقصود”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مقصود”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مقصود”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “مقصود”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC