قصد

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See also: ق ص د

Arabic

Root
ق ص د (q ṣ d)
7 terms

Verb

قَصَدَ (qaṣada) I (non-past يَقْصِدُ (yaqṣidu), verbal noun قَصْد (qaṣd) or مَقْصَد (maqṣad))

  1. to mean, to intend
  2. to move towards
  3. to aim at
  4. to try to injure or kill
  5. to fall upon
  6. to rely upon
  7. to dedicate
  8. to break (something) in the middle
  9. to be just
  10. to keep the golden mean
  11. to economize
  12. to make poems

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Swahili: -kusudi

Verb

قَصُدَ (qaṣuda) I (non-past يَقْصُدُ (yaqṣudu), verbal noun قَصَادَة (qaṣāda))

  1. to be fat

Conjugation

Noun

قَصْد (qaṣdm

  1. verbal noun of قَصَدَ (qaṣada) (form I)
  2. intention, objective, purpose, resolution, end, aim
  3. purport
  4. way, road

Declension

Descendants

References

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ص د
4 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَصَدَ (qaṣada).

Pronunciation

Verb

قَصَد (gaṣad) I (non-past يِقْصُد (yigṣud))

  1. to mean, to intend
  2. to dedicate
  3. to read a poem
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قصد (gaṣad)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قصدت (gaṣadt) قصدت (gaṣadt) قصد (gaṣad) قصدنا (gaṣadna) قصدتوا (gaṣadtu) قصدوا (gaṣadu)
f قصدتي (gaṣadti) قصدت (gaṣadat)
non-past m أقصد (ʔagṣud) تقصد (tigṣud) يقصد (yigṣud) نقصد (nigṣud) تقصدوا (tigṣudu) يقصدوا (yigṣudu)
f تقصدي (tigṣudi) تقصد (tigṣud)
imperative m اقصد (agṣud) اقصدوا (agṣudu)
f اقصدي (agṣudi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَصْد (qaṣd).

Pronunciation

Noun

قصد (gaṣdm

  1. intention, objective, purpose, resolution, end, aim

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَصْد (qaṣd).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qasd
Dari reading? qasd
Iranian reading? ğasd
Tajik reading? qasd

Noun

قَصد (qasd) (plural قَصدها (qasd-hâ))

  1. intention, desire, objective
    او قصد بدی نداشت
    u qasd-e badi na-dâšt.
    S/he didn't have bad intentions.
    • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 35”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎:
      خراب کردی و بیمرد خاندان بهیم
      مگر کنی پس از این قصد خانه قیصر
      xarāb kardī u bēmard xānadān-i bahīm
      magar kunī pas az īn qasd-i xāna-yi qaysar
      You have ruined and made desolate the court of Bhima;
      Perhaps after this, you shall aim for the house of Caesar.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2635:
      گفت پیغمبر که حق فرموده است
      قصد من از خلق احسان بوده است
      guft payğambar ke haqq farmūda ast
      qasd-i man az xalq ihsān būda ast
      The Prophet has declared that God said,
      "My purpose in creating was to do good."
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • 2021 April 6, “روزنامه آمریکایی: تعجب‌آور نیست که ایران درباره قصد آمریکا تردید دارد”, in Donya-e-Eqtesad:
      تعجب‌آور نیست که ایران درباره قصد آمریکا تردید دارد
      ta'ajjob-âvar nist ke irân darbâre-ye qasd-e âmrikâ tardid dârad
      It is not astonishing that Iran is hesitant about America's intentions

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قصد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ص د
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَصَدَ (qaṣada).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔa.sˤad/,
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡa.sˤad/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

قصد (ʔaṣad) I (present بقصد (byuʔṣod))

  1. to mean, to intend

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَصْد (qaṣd).

Pronunciation

Noun

قصد (ʔaṣdm

  1. meaning, intention
    شو قصدكšū ʔaṣdak?What do you mean?
    بدون قصدbidūn ʔaṣdunintentionally