مسافر

Arabic

Root
س ف ر (s f r)
7 terms

Etymology

    Derived from the active participle of the verb سَافَرَ (sāfara).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mu.saː.fir/

    Noun

    مُسَافِر • (musāfir) m (plural مُسَافِرُونَ (musāfirūna), feminine مُسَافِرَة (musāfira))

    1. traveller

    Declension

    Declension of noun مُسَافِر (musāfir)
    singular masculine feminine
    basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
    informal مُسَافِر
    musāfir     		الْمُسَافِر
    al-musāfir     		مُسَافِر
    musāfir     		مُسَافِرَة
    musāfira     		الْمُسَافِرَة
    al-musāfira     		مُسَافِرَة
    musāfirat
    nominative مُسَافِرٌ
    musāfirun     		الْمُسَافِرُ
    al-musāfiru     		مُسَافِرُ
    musāfiru     		مُسَافِرَةٌ
    musāfiratun     		الْمُسَافِرَةُ
    al-musāfiratu     		مُسَافِرَةُ
    musāfiratu
    accusative مُسَافِرًا
    musāfiran     		الْمُسَافِرَ
    al-musāfira     		مُسَافِرَ
    musāfira     		مُسَافِرَةً
    musāfiratan     		الْمُسَافِرَةَ
    al-musāfirata     		مُسَافِرَةَ
    musāfirata
    genitive مُسَافِرٍ
    musāfirin     		الْمُسَافِرِ
    al-musāfiri     		مُسَافِرِ
    musāfiri     		مُسَافِرَةٍ
    musāfiratin     		الْمُسَافِرَةِ
    al-musāfirati     		مُسَافِرَةِ
    musāfirati
    dual masculine feminine
    indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
    informal مُسَافِرَيْن
    musāfirayn     		الْمُسَافِرَيْن
    al-musāfirayn     		مُسَافِرَيْ
    musāfiray     		مُسَافِرَتَيْن
    musāfiratayn     		الْمُسَافِرَتَيْن
    al-musāfiratayn     		مُسَافِرَتَيْ
    musāfiratay
    nominative مُسَافِرَانِ
    musāfirāni     		الْمُسَافِرَانِ
    al-musāfirāni     		مُسَافِرَا
    musāfirā     		مُسَافِرَتَانِ
    musāfiratāni     		الْمُسَافِرَتَانِ
    al-musāfiratāni     		مُسَافِرَتَا
    musāfiratā
    accusative مُسَافِرَيْنِ
    musāfirayni     		الْمُسَافِرَيْنِ
    al-musāfirayni     		مُسَافِرَيْ
    musāfiray     		مُسَافِرَتَيْنِ
    musāfiratayni     		الْمُسَافِرَتَيْنِ
    al-musāfiratayni     		مُسَافِرَتَيْ
    musāfiratay
    genitive مُسَافِرَيْنِ
    musāfirayni     		الْمُسَافِرَيْنِ
    al-musāfirayni     		مُسَافِرَيْ
    musāfiray     		مُسَافِرَتَيْنِ
    musāfiratayni     		الْمُسَافِرَتَيْنِ
    al-musāfiratayni     		مُسَافِرَتَيْ
    musāfiratay
    plural masculine feminine
    sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
    indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
    informal مُسَافِرِين
    musāfirīn     		الْمُسَافِرِين
    al-musāfirīn     		مُسَافِرِي
    musāfirī     		مُسَافِرَات
    musāfirāt     		الْمُسَافِرَات
    al-musāfirāt     		مُسَافِرَات
    musāfirāt
    nominative مُسَافِرُونَ
    musāfirūna     		الْمُسَافِرُونَ
    al-musāfirūna     		مُسَافِرُو
    musāfirū     		مُسَافِرَاتٌ
    musāfirātun     		الْمُسَافِرَاتُ
    al-musāfirātu     		مُسَافِرَاتُ
    musāfirātu
    accusative مُسَافِرِينَ
    musāfirīna     		الْمُسَافِرِينَ
    al-musāfirīna     		مُسَافِرِي
    musāfirī     		مُسَافِرَاتٍ
    musāfirātin     		الْمُسَافِرَاتِ
    al-musāfirāti     		مُسَافِرَاتِ
    musāfirāti
    genitive مُسَافِرِينَ
    musāfirīna     		الْمُسَافِرِينَ
    al-musāfirīna     		مُسَافِرِي
    musāfirī     		مُسَافِرَاتٍ
    musāfirātin     		الْمُسَافِرَاتِ
    al-musāfirāti     		مُسَافِرَاتِ
    musāfirāti

    Descendants

    • → Azerbaijani: müsafir
    • → Classical Persian: مُسَافِر (musāfir) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: مسافر (müsâfir)
      • Turkish: misafir
      • → Albanian: mysafir
      • → Aromanian: musafir, musafiru
      • → Greek: μουσαφίρης (mousafíris)
      • → Ladino: musafir
      • → Romanian: musafir
      • → Serbo-Croatian: musáfir
    • → Swahili: msafiri

    Gojri

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir)bor.
      Classical Persian مُسَافِر (musāfir)bor.
      Gojri مُسافَر (musāfar)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian مُسَافِر (musāfir), borrowed from Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir).

      Noun

      مُسافَر (musāfar) m[1][2]

      1. traveller, passenger
      2. tourist

      Further reading

      More information
      1. ^ Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 404.
      2. ^ Javaid Rahi (2015) “مَسافَر”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 805, column 1.

      Persian

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir).

        Pronunciation

         

        Readings
        Classical reading? musāfir
        Dari reading? musāfir
        Iranian reading? mosâfer
        Tajik reading? musofir
        • Audio (Iran):(file)

        Noun

        مسافر • (musāfir / mosâfer) (plural مسافران (musāfirān / mosâferân), or مسافرین, or مسافرها (musāfir-hā / mosâfer-hâ), Tajik spelling мусофир)

        1. traveller

        Descendants

        Further reading

        Punjabi

        Etymology

          Etymology tree
          Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir)bor.
          Classical Persian مُسَافِر (musāfir)bor.
          Punjabi مُسافَر (musāfar)

          Borrowed from Classical Persian مُسَافِر (musāfir), borrowed from Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir). First attested as Old Punjabi ਮੁਸਾਫਰੁ (musāpharu).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          مُسافَر • (musāfar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁਸਾਫ਼ਰ)[1][2][3]

          1. traveller, wayfarer
            Synonyms: راہی (rāhī), یاتْرِی (yātrī)

          References

          1. ^ “مُسافر”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
          2. ^ Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مُسافر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz, page 2530
          3. ^ Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “مسافر”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press, page 536

          Saraiki

          Etymology

            Etymology tree
            Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir)bor.
            Classical Persian مُسَافِر (musāfir)bor.
            Saraiki مُسافَر (musāfar)

            Borrowed from Classical Persian مُسَافِر (musāfir), borrowed from Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir). First attested as Old Punjabi ਮੁਸਾਫਰੁ (musāpharu).

            Noun

            مُسافَر (musāfar) m (Devanagari मुसाफ़िर, Multani 𑊠𑊥𑊜𑊢)[1]

            1. traveller

            References

            1. ^ سَعْدُاْللّٰہ خان کھیتْرَن ،مُحَمَّد [Sadullah Khan Khetran, Muhammad] (2016) “مسافر”, in پَہْلِی وَڈّی سَرائِیکی لُغَت: سَرائِیکی تُوں اُرْدُو [pahlī vaḍḍī sarā'īkī luġat: sarā'īkī tūṉ urdū, The First Comprehensive Saraiki Dictionary: From Saraiki to Urdu] (in Urdu), Multan: بَہَاءْ اُلْدِّین زَکَرِیّا یُونِیوَرْسِٹِی [Bahauddin Zakariya University], page 619, column 2.

            Sindhi

            Etymology

              Etymology tree
              Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir)bor.
              Classical Persian مُسَافِر (musāfir)bor.
              Sindhi 𑋗𑋣𑋝𑋠𑋓𑋩𑋡𑋙𑋣 (musāfiru)

              Borrowed from Classical Persian مُسَافِر (musāfir), borrowed from Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir).

              Noun

              مُسافِرُ • (musāfiru) m (Devanagari मुसाफ़िरु, Khudawadi 𑋗𑋣𑋝𑋠𑋓𑋩𑋡𑋙𑋣)[1][2][3][4]

              1. traveller

              References

              More information
              1. ^ Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “مُسافِرَ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 548
              2. ^ “مسافر”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938
              3. ^ Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “مُسافِرُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ, page 1787
              4. ^ Shirt, George, Thavurdas, Udharam, Mirza, S.F. (1879) “مُسافِرُ”, in A Sindhi-English Dictionary, Karachi: Commissioner's Printing Press, page 778, column 1

              Urdu

              Etymology

                Etymology tree
                Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir)bor.
                Classical Persian مُسَافِر (musāfir)bor.
                Urdu مُسَافِر (musāfir)

                Borrowed from Classical Persian مُسَافِر (musāfir), borrowed from Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir).[1] First attested in c. 1657[2] as Middle Hindi مسافر (msafr /⁠musāfir⁠/).

                Pronunciation

                • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊ.sɑː.fɪɾ/
                • Rhymes: -ɪɾ
                • Hyphenation: مُ‧سا‧فِر

                Noun

                مُسافِر • (musāfir) m (formal plural مُسافِرِین (musāfirīn), Hindi spelling मुसाफ़िर)

                1. traveller
                2. passenger

                Declension

                Declension of مسافر
                singular plural
                direct مسافر (musāfir) مسافر (musāfir)
                oblique مسافر (musāfir) مسافروں (musāfirõ)
                vocative مسافر (musāfir) مسافرو (musāfiro)

                Descendants

                References

                More information
                1. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “musāfir”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 609.
                2. ^ “مسافر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

                Further reading

                • “مسافر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
                • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مسافر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 595
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