مستقبل

Derived from the passive participle of اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala, “to receive, meet, face”).

• IPA^(key): /mus.taq.bal/

• Audio:

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مُسْتَقْبَل • (mustaqbal) m

1. future

   الاِسْتِثْمَار فِي التَّعْلِيمِ يُمْكِن أَن يَكُون اِسْتِثْمَارًا فِي مُسْتَقْبَلٍ أَفْضَلٍ.

   al-istiṯmār fī t-taʕlīmi yumkin ʔan yakūn istiṯmāran fī mustaqbalin ʔafḍalin.

   Investing in education can be an investment in a better future.

2. (grammar) future tense

• مُسْتَقْبَلِيّ (mustaqbaliyy)

مُسْتَقْبَل • (mustaqbal) (feminine مُسْتَقْبَلَة (mustaqbala), masculine plural مُسْتَقْبَلُونَ (mustaqbalūna), feminine plural مُسْتَقْبَلَات (mustaqbalāt))

1. passive participle of اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala)
2. future

• → Ottoman Turkish: مستقبل (müstakbel)
  • Turkish: müstakbel

Derived from the active participle of اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala, “to receive, meet, face”).

• IPA^(key): /mus.taq.bil/

مُسْتَقْبِل • (mustaqbil) (feminine مُسْتَقْبِلَة (mustaqbila), masculine plural مُسْتَقْبِلُونَ (mustaqbilūna), feminine plural مُسْتَقْبِلَات (mustaqbilāt))

1. active participle of اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala)
2. receiving

مُسْتَقْبِل • (mustaqbil) m (plural مُسْتَقْبِلَات (mustaqbilāt))

1. (biochemistry, medicine) receptor

   تُنَظِمُ مُسْتَقْبِلَات الإِنْسُولِين دُخُولَ الغُلُوكُوز إِلَى دَاخِلِ الخَلِيَّةِ.

   tunaẓimu mustaqbilāt al-ʔinsūlīn duḵūla l-ḡulūkūz ʔilā dāḵili l-ḵaliyyati.

   Insulin receptors regulate glucose entry into cells.

From Arabic مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal).

• IPA^(key): /mus.taɡ.bal/, [mʊstaɡbal]

مستقبل • (mustagbal) m

1. future
2. (grammar) future tense

   Antonym: ماضي (māḍi)

From Arabic مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil).

• IPA^(key): /mus.taɡ.bil/, [mʊstaɡbɪl]

مستقبل • (mustagbil) (feminine مُسْتَقْبِلة (mustagbila), common plural مُسْتَقْبِلين (mustagbilīn))

1. active participle of استقبل (astagbal, “to receive, to host guests”)

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal). Equivalent to the passive participle of استقبل (istaʔbal, “to receive”).

• IPA^(key): /mus.taʔ.bal/, [musˈtaʔ.bal]

• Audio (Amman):

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مستقبل • (mustaʔbal) m

1. (time) future

   Antonym: ماضي (māḍi)

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊs.t̪əq.bɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

مُسْتَقْبِل • (mustaqbil) (Hindi spelling मुस्तक़बिल)

1. future

مُسْتَقْبِل • (mustaqbil) m (Hindi spelling मुस्तक़बिल)

1. future
2. (grammar) future tense

   Antonym: ماضی (māzī)

Not to be confused with مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal, adjective).

• “مستقبل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مستقبل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.