مقصود

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ق ص د (q ṣ d)
7 terms

Derived from the passive participle of the verb قَصَدَ (qaṣada, to mean, to intend, to aim at).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maq.sˤuːd/
  • Rhymes: -uːd

Adjective

مَقْصُود • (maqṣūd) (feminine مَقْصُودَة (maqṣūda), masculine plural مَقْصُودُونَ (maqṣūdūna), feminine plural مَقْصُودَات (maqṣūdāt))

  1. aimed at, intended
  2. intentional, deliberate, designed

Declension

Declension of adjective مَقْصُود (maqṣūd)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَقْصُود
maqṣūd
الْمَقْصُود
al-maqṣūd
مَقْصُودَة
maqṣūda
الْمَقْصُودَة
al-maqṣūda
nominative مَقْصُودٌ
maqṣūdun
الْمَقْصُودُ
al-maqṣūdu
مَقْصُودَةٌ
maqṣūdatun
الْمَقْصُودَةُ
al-maqṣūdatu
accusative مَقْصُودًا
maqṣūdan
الْمَقْصُودَ
al-maqṣūda
مَقْصُودَةً
maqṣūdatan
الْمَقْصُودَةَ
al-maqṣūdata
genitive مَقْصُودٍ
maqṣūdin
الْمَقْصُودِ
al-maqṣūdi
مَقْصُودَةٍ
maqṣūdatin
الْمَقْصُودَةِ
al-maqṣūdati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَقْصُودَيْن
maqṣūdayn
الْمَقْصُودَيْن
al-maqṣūdayn
مَقْصُودَتَيْن
maqṣūdatayn
الْمَقْصُودَتَيْن
al-maqṣūdatayn
nominative مَقْصُودَانِ
maqṣūdāni
الْمَقْصُودَانِ
al-maqṣūdāni
مَقْصُودَتَانِ
maqṣūdatāni
الْمَقْصُودَتَانِ
al-maqṣūdatāni
accusative مَقْصُودَيْنِ
maqṣūdayni
الْمَقْصُودَيْنِ
al-maqṣūdayni
مَقْصُودَتَيْنِ
maqṣūdatayni
الْمَقْصُودَتَيْنِ
al-maqṣūdatayni
genitive مَقْصُودَيْنِ
maqṣūdayni
الْمَقْصُودَيْنِ
al-maqṣūdayni
مَقْصُودَتَيْنِ
maqṣūdatayni
الْمَقْصُودَتَيْنِ
al-maqṣūdatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَقْصُودِين
maqṣūdīn
الْمَقْصُودِين
al-maqṣūdīn
مَقْصُودَات
maqṣūdāt
الْمَقْصُودَات
al-maqṣūdāt
nominative مَقْصُودُونَ
maqṣūdūna
الْمَقْصُودُونَ
al-maqṣūdūna
مَقْصُودَاتٌ
maqṣūdātun
الْمَقْصُودَاتُ
al-maqṣūdātu
accusative مَقْصُودِينَ
maqṣūdīna
الْمَقْصُودِينَ
al-maqṣūdīna
مَقْصُودَاتٍ
maqṣūdātin
الْمَقْصُودَاتِ
al-maqṣūdāti
genitive مَقْصُودِينَ
maqṣūdīna
الْمَقْصُودِينَ
al-maqṣūdīna
مَقْصُودَاتٍ
maqṣūdātin
الْمَقْصُودَاتِ
al-maqṣūdāti

Derived terms

  • نَكِرَة مَقْصُودَة (nakira(t) maqṣūda)
  • نَكِرَة غَيْر مَقْصُودَة (nakira(t) ḡayr maqṣūda)

Noun

مَقْصُود • (maqṣūdm

  1. aim, intention, goal, purpose

Declension

Declension of noun مَقْصُود (maqṣūd)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَقْصُود
maqṣūd
الْمَقْصُود
al-maqṣūd
مَقْصُود
maqṣūd
nominative مَقْصُودٌ
maqṣūdun
الْمَقْصُودُ
al-maqṣūdu
مَقْصُودُ
maqṣūdu
accusative مَقْصُودًا
maqṣūdan
الْمَقْصُودَ
al-maqṣūda
مَقْصُودَ
maqṣūda
genitive مَقْصُودٍ
maqṣūdin
الْمَقْصُودِ
al-maqṣūdi
مَقْصُودِ
maqṣūdi

Descendants

  • Bashkir: мәҡсүт (məqsüt)
  • Malay: maksud
    • > Indonesian: maksud (inherited)
  • Persian: مقصود (maqsud)
    • Bengali: মকসুদ (moksud)
    • Hindi: मक़सूद (maqsūd)
    • Urdu: مَقْصُود (maqsūd)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَقْصُود (maqsūd), from Arabic مَقْصُود (maqṣūd).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məq.suːd̪/
  • Rhymes: -uːd̪
  • Hyphenation: مَق‧صُود

Adjective

مَقْصُود • (maqsūd) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मक़्सूद)

  1. proposed, intended; wished
  2. desired (connoted with beloved)

Noun

مَقْصُود • (maqsūdm (Hindi spelling मक़्सूद)

  1. aim; object; intent; aim; view

Declension

Declension of مقصود
singular plural
direct مَقْصُود (maqsūd) مَقْصُود (maqsūd)
oblique مَقْصُود (maqsūd) مَقْصُودوں (maqsūdõ)
vocative مَقْصُود (maqsūd) مَقْصُودو (maqsūdo)

Further reading

  • مقصود”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مقصود”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مقصود”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مقصود”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “مقصود”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC