Derived from the active participle of صَنَّفَ (ṣannafa).

• IPA^(key): /mu.sˤan.nif/

مُصَنِّف • (muṣannif) (feminine مُصَنِّفَة (muṣannifa), masculine plural مُصَنِّفُونَ (muṣannifūna), feminine plural مُصَنِّفَات (muṣannifāt))

1. active participle of صَنَّفَ (ṣannafa)
   1. author
   2. taxonomist

مُصَنِّف • (muṣannif) (feminine مُصَنِّفَة (muṣannifa), masculine plural مُصَنِّفُونَ (muṣannifūna), feminine plural مُصَنِّفَات (muṣannifāt))

1. composer, compiler, author

• → Azerbaijani: müsənnif
• → Ottoman Turkish: مصنف
  • → Turkish: musannif
• → Uzbek: musannif

Derived from the passive participle of صَنَّفَ (ṣannafa).

• IPA^(key): /mu.sˤan.naf/

مُصَنَّف • (muṣannaf) (feminine مُصَنَّفَة (muṣannafa), masculine plural مُصَنَّفُونَ (muṣannafūna), feminine plural مُصَنَّفَات (muṣannafāt))

1. passive participle of صَنَّفَ (ṣannafa)

مُصَنَّف • (muṣannaf) m npers (plural مُصَنَّفَات (muṣannafāt))

1. a work of literature, music, or art
   • (Can we date this quote?), عُمَر بْن إِبْرَاهِيم اَلْأَوْسِيّ اَلْأَنْصَارِيّ (ʕumar bn ʔibrāhīm al-ʔawsiyy al-ʔanṣāriyy, “ʿUmar ibn ʾIbrāhīm Al-ʾAwsiyy Al-ʾAnṣāriyy”), تفريج الكروب فى تدبير الحروب:

     وَحَكَى الْجَاحِظُ فِي بَعْضِ مُصَنَّفَاتِهِ أَنَّ بَهْرَام جُور، أَحَدَ مُلُوكِ الْفُرْسِ، لَمَّا مَلَكَ بَعْدَ أَبِيهِ يَزْدَجُرْدَ غَلَبَ الْعَدُوُّ عَلَى بَعْضِ أَطْرَافِ بِلَادِهِ، فَأَظْهَرَ ٱلِٱسْتِهَانَةَ بِأَمْرِ الْعَدُوِّ وَٱلِٱسْتِخْفَافَ بِهِ، حَتَّى قَوِيَ أَمْرُ الْعَدُوِّ، وَٱشْتَدَّتْ شَوْكَتُهُ، وَزَحَفَ نَحْوَهُ.

     waḥakā l-jāḥiẓu fī baʕḍi muṣannafātihi ʔanna bahrām jūr, ʔaḥada mulūki l-fursi, lammā malaka baʕda ʔabīhi yazdajurda ḡalaba l-ʕaduwwu ʕalā baʕḍi ʔaṭrāfi bilādihi, faʔaẓhara l-istihānata biʔamri l-ʕaduwwi wal-istiḵfāfa bihi, ḥattā qawiya ʔamru l-ʕaduwwi, waštaddat šawkatuhu, wazaḥafa naḥwahu.

     Al-Jahiz recounts in one of his works that Bahram Gur, one of the kings of Persia, upon succeeding his father, Yazdagurd, had some of his frontier areas conquered by the enemy. He feigned inattention in the affair of the enemy and lightness towards it until the power of the enemy became strong and marched against him.

     Translation by George T. Scanlon

• → Azerbaijani: müsənnəf
• → Uzbek: musannaf

From Arabic مُصَنِّف (muṣannif).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.sən.nɪf/

مُصَنِّف • (musannif) m (feminine مُصَنِّفَہ (musannifa), Hindi spelling मुसन्निफ़)

1. author, writer, compiler
2. composer

• “مصنف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مصنف”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.