مصدر

Noun of place from صَدَرَ (ṣadara, “to happen, to occur, to go out”).

• IPA^(key): /masˤ.dar/

مَصْدَر • (maṣdar) m (plural مَصَادِر (maṣādir))

1. verbal noun of صَدَرَ (ṣadara) (form I)
2. starting point, point of origin
3. origin, source

   أَصْبَحَ ٱلْإِنْتِرْنِتُ مَصْدَرًا رَئِيسِيًّا لِلْمَعْلُومَاتِ فِي عَصْرِنَا.

   ʔaṣbaḥa l-ʔintirnitu maṣdaran raʔīsiyyan li-l-maʕlūmāti fī ʕaṣrinā.

   The internet has become a primary source of information in our era.

4. (grammar) verbal noun, infinitive, gerund
   • Ibn Malik, Alfiya

     وَنَعَتُوا بِمَصْدَرٍ كَثِيرًا
     فَٱلْتَزَمُوا الْإِفْرَادَ وَٱلتَّذْكِيرَا

     wa-naʕatū bi-maṣdarin kaṯīran
     fa-l-tazamū l-ʔifrāda wa-t-taḏkīrā

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     الْمَصْدَرُ ٱسْمُ مَا سِوَى ٱلزَّمَانِ مِنْ
     مَدْلُولَيِ ٱلْفِعْلِ كَأَمْنٍ مِنْ أَمِنْ

     al-maṣdaru smu mā siwā z-zamāni min
     madlūlayi l-fiʕli kaʔamnin min ʔamin

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• مَصْدَر مُؤَوَّل (maṣdar muʔawwal)
• مَصْدَر مِيمِيّ (maṣdar mīmiyy)

• → Azerbaijani: məsdər
• → Georgian: მასდარი (masdari)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مصدر (masdar)
  • → Turkish: mastar
• → Persian: مصدر (masdar)
  • → Urdu: مَصْدَر (masdar)

Borrowed from Arabic مَصْدَر (maṣdar).

مصدر • (masdar) (plural مصدرها (masdar-hā / masdar-hâ), or مصادر (masādir / masâder), Tajik spelling масдар)

1. (grammar) infinitive (a grammatical mood)
2. (grammar) infinitive (non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection)
3. (grammar) infinitive (a verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb)
4. (rare) origin
5. (rare) source

In Persian linguistics, referring to verb infinitives ending in ـن (-an) specifically.

• → Urdu: مَصْدَر (masdar)