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))

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
Dual	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)
- → Bengali: মুসাফির (muśaphir)
- → Gujarati: મુસાફર (musāphar)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: मुसाफ़िर (musāfir)
  Urdu: مسافر (musāfir)
  - → Phalura: musaafár
  - → Ushojo: مسیافری
→ Kazakh: мүсәпір (müsäpır)
→ Ottoman Turkish: مسافر (müsâfir)
- Turkish: misafir
- → Albanian: mysafir
- → Aromanian: musafir, musafiru
- → Greek: μουσαφίρης (mousafíris)
- → Ladino: musafir
- → Romanian: musafir
- → Serbo-Croatian: musáfir
→ Swahili: msafiri
→ Uyghur: مۇساپىر (musapir)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسافِر (musāfir).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.sɑː.ˈfiɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑː.fɪ́ɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑː.fɪ́ɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔː.fíɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.sɒː.féɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔ.fíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	musāfir
Dari reading^?	musāfir
Iranian reading^?	mosâfer
Tajik reading^?	musofir

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	مسافر
Dari	مسافر
Tajik	мусофир

مسافر • (mosâfer) (plural مسافران (mosâferân) or مسافرین (mosâferin) or مسافرها (mosâfer-hâ))

traveller

Descendants

→ Bengali: মুসাফির (muśaphir)
→ Gujarati: મુસાફર (musāphar)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मुसाफ़िर (musāfir)
Urdu: مسافر (musāfir)
- → Phalura: musaafár
- → Ushojo: مسیافری

Saraiki

Etymology

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

Noun

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

traveller

References

^ 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.

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

مُسافِر • (musāfir) m (Hindi spelling मुसाफ़िर)

Declension

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

Related terms

سفر (safar)
ہمسفر (hamsafar)

Descendants

→ Phalura: musaafár
→ Ushojo: مسیافری

References

“مسافر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“مسافر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

[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.

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