مرشد

Arabic

Root
ر ش د (r š d)
7 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَرْشَدَ (ʔaršada).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mur.ʃid/

Adjective

مُرْشِد • (muršid)

1. guiding
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:17:

     وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا

     waman yuḍlil falan tajida lahu waliyyan mmuršidan

     But whoever He leaves to stray, you will never find for them a guiding mentor.

Declension

Declension of adjective مُرْشِد (muršid)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُرْشِد muršid	الْمُرْشِد al-muršid	مُرْشِدَة muršida	الْمُرْشِدَة al-muršida
Nominative	مُرْشِدٌ muršidun	الْمُرْشِدُ al-muršidu	مُرْشِدَةٌ muršidatun	الْمُرْشِدَةُ al-muršidatu
Accusative	مُرْشِدًا muršidan	الْمُرْشِدَ al-muršida	مُرْشِدَةً muršidatan	الْمُرْشِدَةَ al-muršidata
Genitive	مُرْشِدٍ muršidin	الْمُرْشِدِ al-muršidi	مُرْشِدَةٍ muršidatin	الْمُرْشِدَةِ al-muršidati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُرْشِدَيْن muršidayn	الْمُرْشِدَيْن al-muršidayn	مُرْشِدَتَيْن muršidatayn	الْمُرْشِدَتَيْن al-muršidatayn
Nominative	مُرْشِدَانِ muršidāni	الْمُرْشِدَانِ al-muršidāni	مُرْشِدَتَانِ muršidatāni	الْمُرْشِدَتَانِ al-muršidatāni
Accusative	مُرْشِدَيْنِ muršidayni	الْمُرْشِدَيْنِ al-muršidayni	مُرْشِدَتَيْنِ muršidatayni	الْمُرْشِدَتَيْنِ al-muršidatayni
Genitive	مُرْشِدَيْنِ muršidayni	الْمُرْشِدَيْنِ al-muršidayni	مُرْشِدَتَيْنِ muršidatayni	الْمُرْشِدَتَيْنِ al-muršidatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	مُرْشِدَات muršidāt	الْمُرْشِدَات al-muršidāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	مُرْشِدَاتٌ muršidātun	الْمُرْشِدَاتُ al-muršidātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	مُرْشِدَاتٍ muršidātin	الْمُرْشِدَاتِ al-muršidāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	مُرْشِدَاتٍ muršidātin	الْمُرْشِدَاتِ al-muršidāti

Noun

مُرْشِد • (muršid) m (plural مُرْشِدُونَ (muršidūna), feminine مُرْشِدَة (muršida))

1. guide (someone who guides)

Declension

Declension of noun مُرْشِد (muršid)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُرْشِد muršid	الْمُرْشِد al-muršid	مُرْشِد muršid	مُرْشِدَة muršida	الْمُرْشِدَة al-muršida	مُرْشِدَة muršidat
Nominative	مُرْشِدٌ muršidun	الْمُرْشِدُ al-muršidu	مُرْشِدُ muršidu	مُرْشِدَةٌ muršidatun	الْمُرْشِدَةُ al-muršidatu	مُرْشِدَةُ muršidatu
Accusative	مُرْشِدًا muršidan	الْمُرْشِدَ al-muršida	مُرْشِدَ muršida	مُرْشِدَةً muršidatan	الْمُرْشِدَةَ al-muršidata	مُرْشِدَةَ muršidata
Genitive	مُرْشِدٍ muršidin	الْمُرْشِدِ al-muršidi	مُرْشِدِ muršidi	مُرْشِدَةٍ muršidatin	الْمُرْشِدَةِ al-muršidati	مُرْشِدَةِ muršidati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُرْشِدَيْن muršidayn	الْمُرْشِدَيْن al-muršidayn	مُرْشِدَيْ muršiday	مُرْشِدَتَيْن muršidatayn	الْمُرْشِدَتَيْن al-muršidatayn	مُرْشِدَتَيْ muršidatay
Nominative	مُرْشِدَانِ muršidāni	الْمُرْشِدَانِ al-muršidāni	مُرْشِدَا muršidā	مُرْشِدَتَانِ muršidatāni	الْمُرْشِدَتَانِ al-muršidatāni	مُرْشِدَتَا muršidatā
Accusative	مُرْشِدَيْنِ muršidayni	الْمُرْشِدَيْنِ al-muršidayni	مُرْشِدَيْ muršiday	مُرْشِدَتَيْنِ muršidatayni	الْمُرْشِدَتَيْنِ al-muršidatayni	مُرْشِدَتَيْ muršidatay
Genitive	مُرْشِدَيْنِ muršidayni	الْمُرْشِدَيْنِ al-muršidayni	مُرْشِدَيْ muršiday	مُرْشِدَتَيْنِ muršidatayni	الْمُرْشِدَتَيْنِ al-muršidatayni	مُرْشِدَتَيْ muršidatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُرْشِدِين muršidīn	الْمُرْشِدِين al-muršidīn	مُرْشِدِي muršidī	مُرْشِدَات muršidāt	الْمُرْشِدَات al-muršidāt	مُرْشِدَات muršidāt
Nominative	مُرْشِدُونَ muršidūna	الْمُرْشِدُونَ al-muršidūna	مُرْشِدُو muršidū	مُرْشِدَاتٌ muršidātun	الْمُرْشِدَاتُ al-muršidātu	مُرْشِدَاتُ muršidātu
Accusative	مُرْشِدِينَ muršidīna	الْمُرْشِدِينَ al-muršidīna	مُرْشِدِي muršidī	مُرْشِدَاتٍ muršidātin	الْمُرْشِدَاتِ al-muršidāti	مُرْشِدَاتِ muršidāti
Genitive	مُرْشِدِينَ muršidīna	الْمُرْشِدِينَ al-muršidīna	مُرْشِدِي muršidī	مُرْشِدَاتٍ muršidātin	الْمُرْشِدَاتِ al-muršidāti	مُرْشِدَاتِ muršidāti

Descendants

• → English: murshid
• → Bengali: মুর্শিদ (murśid)
• → Persian: مرشد (murˈšid)
  • → Hindi: मुर्शिद (murśid)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مرشد (mürşid)
  • → Turkish: mürşit

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرْشِد (muršid).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muɾ.ˈʃið]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.ʃɪ́d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.ʃɪ́d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.ʃɪ́d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muɾ.ʃíd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moɹ.ʃéd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muɾ.ʃíd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	muršiḏ
Dari reading?	muršid
Iranian reading?	moršed
Tajik reading?	muršid

Noun

مرشد • (moršed)

1. (religion) spiritual guide, religious master; (Sufism) Sufi shaykh

   Coordinate term: مرید (morid, “disciple, follower”)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 107:

     ما بخود پا ننهادیم درین ره هرگز
     همه جا مرشد توفیق بود رهبر ما

     mā ba-xwad pā nanihādēm dar īn rah hargiz
     hama jā muršid-i tawfīq būd rahbar-i mā

     I have never set foot on this road on my own;
     Everywhere, the spiritual master of divine grace was my guide.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مرشد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim