رشاد

Arabic

Root
ر ش د (r š d)
7 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَشِدَ (rašida).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.ʃaːd/
• Rhymes: -aːd

Noun

رَشَاد • (rašād) m

1. verbal noun of رَشِدَ (rašida) (form I)
2. entering on the right road
3. right direction
4. right and reasonable way of acting
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 40:29:

     قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَا أُرِيكُمْ إِلَّا مَا أَرَىٰ وَمَا أَهْدِيكُمْ إِلَّا سَبِيلَ الرَّشَادِ

     qāla firʕawnu mā ʔurīkum ʔillā mā ʔarā wamā ʔahdīkum ʔillā sabīla ar-rašādi

     Pharaoh assured ˹his people˺, “I am telling you only what I believe, and I am leading you only to the way of guidance.

5. victory
6. triumph
7. cress

Declension

Declension of noun رَشَاد (rašād)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَشَاد rašād	الرَّشَاد ar-rašād	رَشَاد rašād
Nominative	رَشَادٌ rašādun	الرَّشَادُ ar-rašādu	رَشَادُ rašādu
Accusative	رَشَادًا rašādan	الرَّشَادَ ar-rašāda	رَشَادَ rašāda
Genitive	رَشَادٍ rašādin	الرَّشَادِ ar-rašādi	رَشَادِ rašādi

Proper noun

رَشَاد • (rašād) m

1. a male given name, Rashad

Declension

Declension of noun رَشَاد (rašād)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	رَشَاد rašād	—
Nominative	—	رَشَادٌ rašādun	—
Accusative	—	رَشَادًا rašādan	—
Genitive	—	رَشَادٍ rašādin	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Rəşad
• → Bashkir: Ришат (Rişat)
• → Ottoman Turkish: رشاد (Reşad)
  • → Turkish: Reşat
• → Uyghur: رىشات (rishat)
• → Uzbek: Rishod

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رشاد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen