Arabic

Noun

مَصْدَر • ‎(maṣdar) m ‎(plural مَصَادِر ‎(maṣādir))

1. verbal noun of صَدَرَ ‎(ṣadara) (form I)
2. (grammar) verbal noun, infinitive, gerund
3. (grammar) absolute object
4. starting point, point of origin
5. origin, source

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic مَصْدَر ‎(maṣdar).

Noun

مصدر • ‎(masdar) ‎(plural مصدرها ‎(masdar-hâ) or مصادر ‎(masâder))

1. (grammar) infinitive
2. (rare) origin
3. (rare) source