مفهوم

Arabic

Root
ف ه م (f h m)
7 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of فَهِمَ (fahima, “to understood”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maf.huːm/
Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

مَفْهُوم • (mafhūm) m (plural مَفَاهِيم (mafāhīm))

concept; notion; idea

Declension

Declension of noun **مَفْهُوم** (mafhūm)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَفْهُوم mafhūm	الْمَفْهُوم al-mafhūm	مَفْهُوم mafhūm
nominative	مَفْهُومٌ mafhūmun	الْمَفْهُومُ al-mafhūmu	مَفْهُومُ mafhūmu
accusative	مَفْهُومًا mafhūman	الْمَفْهُومَ al-mafhūma	مَفْهُومَ mafhūma
genitive	مَفْهُومٍ mafhūmin	الْمَفْهُومِ al-mafhūmi	مَفْهُومِ mafhūmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَفْهُومَيْن mafhūmayn	الْمَفْهُومَيْن al-mafhūmayn	مَفْهُومَيْ mafhūmay
nominative	مَفْهُومَانِ mafhūmāni	الْمَفْهُومَانِ al-mafhūmāni	مَفْهُومَا mafhūmā
accusative	مَفْهُومَيْنِ mafhūmayni	الْمَفْهُومَيْنِ al-mafhūmayni	مَفْهُومَيْ mafhūmay
genitive	مَفْهُومَيْنِ mafhūmayni	الْمَفْهُومَيْنِ al-mafhūmayni	مَفْهُومَيْ mafhūmay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَفَاهِيم mafāhīm	الْمَفَاهِيم al-mafāhīm	مَفَاهِيم mafāhīm
nominative	مَفَاهِيمُ mafāhīmu	الْمَفَاهِيمُ al-mafāhīmu	مَفَاهِيمُ mafāhīmu
accusative	مَفَاهِيمَ mafāhīma	الْمَفَاهِيمَ al-mafāhīma	مَفَاهِيمَ mafāhīma
genitive	مَفَاهِيمَ mafāhīma	الْمَفَاهِيمِ al-mafāhīmi	مَفَاهِيمِ mafāhīmi

Adjective

مَفْهُوم • (mafhūm) (feminine مَفْهُومة (mafhūma))

Declension

Declension of adjective **مَفْهُوم** (mafhūm)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَفْهُوم mafhūm	الْمَفْهُوم al-mafhūm	مَفْهُومَة mafhūma	الْمَفْهُومَة al-mafhūma
nominative	مَفْهُومٌ mafhūmun	الْمَفْهُومُ al-mafhūmu	مَفْهُومَةٌ mafhūmatun	الْمَفْهُومَةُ al-mafhūmatu
accusative	مَفْهُومًا mafhūman	الْمَفْهُومَ al-mafhūma	مَفْهُومَةً mafhūmatan	الْمَفْهُومَةَ al-mafhūmata
genitive	مَفْهُومٍ mafhūmin	الْمَفْهُومِ al-mafhūmi	مَفْهُومَةٍ mafhūmatin	الْمَفْهُومَةِ al-mafhūmati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَفْهُومَيْن mafhūmayn	الْمَفْهُومَيْن al-mafhūmayn	مَفْهُومَتَيْن mafhūmatayn	الْمَفْهُومَتَيْن al-mafhūmatayn
nominative	مَفْهُومَانِ mafhūmāni	الْمَفْهُومَانِ al-mafhūmāni	مَفْهُومَتَانِ mafhūmatāni	الْمَفْهُومَتَانِ al-mafhūmatāni
accusative	مَفْهُومَيْنِ mafhūmayni	الْمَفْهُومَيْنِ al-mafhūmayni	مَفْهُومَتَيْنِ mafhūmatayni	الْمَفْهُومَتَيْنِ al-mafhūmatayni
genitive	مَفْهُومَيْنِ mafhūmayni	الْمَفْهُومَيْنِ al-mafhūmayni	مَفْهُومَتَيْنِ mafhūmatayni	الْمَفْهُومَتَيْنِ al-mafhūmatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	مَفْهُومَات mafhūmāt	الْمَفْهُومَات al-mafhūmāt
nominative	?	?	مَفْهُومَاتٌ mafhūmātun	الْمَفْهُومَاتُ al-mafhūmātu
accusative	?	?	مَفْهُومَاتٍ mafhūmātin	الْمَفْهُومَاتِ al-mafhūmāti
genitive	?	?	مَفْهُومَاتٍ mafhūmātin	الْمَفْهُومَاتِ al-mafhūmāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: məfhum
→ Ottoman Turkish: مفهوم (mefhüm)
- → Turkish: mefhum
→ Persian: مفهوم
→ Uyghur: مەفھۇم (mefhum)
→ Uzbek: mafhum

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَفْهُوم (mafhūm).

Noun

مفهوم • (mafhúm) m

sense, concept

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَفْهُوم (mafhūm).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maf.ˈhuːm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäf.húːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.fúːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.fúm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæf.húːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäf.húm]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mafhūm
Dari reading^?	mafhūm
Iranian reading^?	mafhum
Tajik reading^?	mafhum

Noun

مفهوم • (mafhum)

concept
― yek mafhum-e marmuz ― a mysterious concept
content; meaningful content; point

Derived terms

مفهومی (mafhumi)

Adjective

مفهوم • (mafhum)

understood
- c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 428”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[1]:
  همه عالم گر این صورت ببینند
  کس این معنی نخواهد کرد مفهوم
  hama ālam gar īn sūrat bibēnand
  kas īn ma'nī na-xwāhad kard mafhūm
  [Even] if all the world sees this [outer] appearance,
  Nobody will make its [inner] meaning understood.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)