مرشد

Arabic

Root
ر ش د (r š d)
7 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَرْشَدَ (ʔaršada).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mur.ʃid/

Adjective

مُرْشِد • (muršid)

guiding
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:17:
  وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا
  waman yuḍlil falan tajida lahu waliyyan mmuršidan
  But whoever He leaves to stray, you will never find for them a guiding mentor.

Declension

Declension of adjective **مُرْشِد** (muršid)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُرْشِد muršid	الْمُرْشِد al-muršid	مُرْشِدَة muršida	الْمُرْشِدَة al-muršida
nominative	مُرْشِدٌ muršidun	الْمُرْشِدُ al-muršidu	مُرْشِدَةٌ muršidatun	الْمُرْشِدَةُ al-muršidatu
accusative	مُرْشِدًا muršidan	الْمُرْشِدَ al-muršida	مُرْشِدَةً muršidatan	الْمُرْشِدَةَ al-muršidata
genitive	مُرْشِدٍ muršidin	الْمُرْشِدِ al-muršidi	مُرْشِدَةٍ muršidatin	الْمُرْشِدَةِ al-muršidati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُرْشِدَيْن muršidayn	الْمُرْشِدَيْن al-muršidayn	مُرْشِدَتَيْن muršidatayn	الْمُرْشِدَتَيْن al-muršidatayn
nominative	مُرْشِدَانِ muršidāni	الْمُرْشِدَانِ al-muršidāni	مُرْشِدَتَانِ muršidatāni	الْمُرْشِدَتَانِ al-muršidatāni
accusative	مُرْشِدَيْنِ muršidayni	الْمُرْشِدَيْنِ al-muršidayni	مُرْشِدَتَيْنِ muršidatayni	الْمُرْشِدَتَيْنِ al-muršidatayni
genitive	مُرْشِدَيْنِ muršidayni	الْمُرْشِدَيْنِ al-muršidayni	مُرْشِدَتَيْنِ muršidatayni	الْمُرْشِدَتَيْنِ al-muršidatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	مُرْشِدَات muršidāt	الْمُرْشِدَات al-muršidāt
nominative	?	?	مُرْشِدَاتٌ muršidātun	الْمُرْشِدَاتُ al-muršidātu
accusative	?	?	مُرْشِدَاتٍ muršidātin	الْمُرْشِدَاتِ al-muršidāti
genitive	?	?	مُرْشِدَاتٍ muršidātin	الْمُرْشِدَاتِ al-muršidāti

Noun

مُرْشِد • (muršid) m (plural مُرْشِدُونَ (muršidūna), feminine مُرْشِدَة (muršida))

guide (someone who guides)

Declension

Declension of noun **مُرْشِد** (muršid)
singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُرْشِد muršid	الْمُرْشِد al-muršid	مُرْشِد muršid	مُرْشِدَة muršida	الْمُرْشِدَة al-muršida	مُرْشِدَة muršidat
nominative	مُرْشِدٌ muršidun	الْمُرْشِدُ al-muršidu	مُرْشِدُ muršidu	مُرْشِدَةٌ muršidatun	الْمُرْشِدَةُ al-muršidatu	مُرْشِدَةُ muršidatu
accusative	مُرْشِدًا muršidan	الْمُرْشِدَ al-muršida	مُرْشِدَ muršida	مُرْشِدَةً muršidatan	الْمُرْشِدَةَ al-muršidata	مُرْشِدَةَ muršidata
genitive	مُرْشِدٍ muršidin	الْمُرْشِدِ al-muršidi	مُرْشِدِ muršidi	مُرْشِدَةٍ muršidatin	الْمُرْشِدَةِ al-muršidati	مُرْشِدَةِ muršidati
dual	masculine			feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُرْشِدَيْن muršidayn	الْمُرْشِدَيْن al-muršidayn	مُرْشِدَيْ muršiday	مُرْشِدَتَيْن muršidatayn	الْمُرْشِدَتَيْن al-muršidatayn	مُرْشِدَتَيْ muršidatay
nominative	مُرْشِدَانِ muršidāni	الْمُرْشِدَانِ al-muršidāni	مُرْشِدَا muršidā	مُرْشِدَتَانِ muršidatāni	الْمُرْشِدَتَانِ al-muršidatāni	مُرْشِدَتَا muršidatā
accusative	مُرْشِدَيْنِ muršidayni	الْمُرْشِدَيْنِ al-muršidayni	مُرْشِدَيْ muršiday	مُرْشِدَتَيْنِ muršidatayni	الْمُرْشِدَتَيْنِ al-muršidatayni	مُرْشِدَتَيْ muršidatay
genitive	مُرْشِدَيْنِ muršidayni	الْمُرْشِدَيْنِ al-muršidayni	مُرْشِدَيْ muršiday	مُرْشِدَتَيْنِ muršidatayni	الْمُرْشِدَتَيْنِ al-muršidatayni	مُرْشِدَتَيْ muršidatay
plural	masculine			feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُرْشِدِين muršidīn	الْمُرْشِدِين al-muršidīn	مُرْشِدِي muršidī	مُرْشِدَات muršidāt	الْمُرْشِدَات al-muršidāt	مُرْشِدَات muršidāt
nominative	مُرْشِدُونَ muršidūna	الْمُرْشِدُونَ al-muršidūna	مُرْشِدُو muršidū	مُرْشِدَاتٌ muršidātun	الْمُرْشِدَاتُ al-muršidātu	مُرْشِدَاتُ muršidātu
accusative	مُرْشِدِينَ muršidīna	الْمُرْشِدِينَ al-muršidīna	مُرْشِدِي muršidī	مُرْشِدَاتٍ muršidātin	الْمُرْشِدَاتِ al-muršidāti	مُرْشِدَاتِ muršidāti
genitive	مُرْشِدِينَ muršidīna	الْمُرْشِدِينَ al-muršidīna	مُرْشِدِي muršidī	مُرْشِدَاتٍ muršidātin	الْمُرْشِدَاتِ al-muršidāti	مُرْشِدَاتِ muršidāti

Descendants

→ English: murshid
→ Bengali: মুর্শিদ (murśid)
→ Persian: مرشد (murˈšid)
- → Hindi: मुर्शिद (murśid)
→ Ottoman Turkish: مرشد (mürşid)
- → Turkish: mürşit

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرْشِد (muršid).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /muɾ.ˈʃid/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.ʃɪ́d̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.ʃɪ́d̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muɾ.ʃíd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moɹ.ʃéd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muɾ.ʃíd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	muršid
Dari reading^?	muršid
Iranian reading^?	moršed
Tajik reading^?	muršid

Noun

مرشد • (moršed)

(religion) spiritual guide, religious master; (Sufism) Sufi shaykh
Coordinate term: مرید (morid, “disciple, follower”)
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 107:
  ما بخود پا ننهادیم درین ره هرگز
  همه جا مرشد توفیق بود رهبر ما
  mā ba-xwad pā nanihādēm dar īn rah hargiz
  hama jā muršid-i tawfīq būd rahbar-i mā
  I have never set foot on this road on my own;
  Everywhere, the spiritual master of divine grace was my guide.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

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