محدود

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح د د (ḥ-d-d)

Derived from the passive participle of حَدَّ (ḥadda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maħ.duːd/

Adjective

مَحْدُود • (maḥdūd) (feminine مَحْدُودَة (maḥdūda), masculine plural مَحْدُودُونَ (maḥdūdūna), feminine plural مَحْدُودَات (maḥdūdāt))

1. (with ب) bounded, bordered (by)
2. circumscribed, confined
3. limited
4. fixed, definite, determinate

Declension

Declension of adjective مَحْدُود (maḥdūd)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَحْدُود maḥdūd	الْمَحْدُود al-maḥdūd	مَحْدُودَة maḥdūda	الْمَحْدُودَة al-maḥdūda
Nominative	مَحْدُودٌ maḥdūdun	الْمَحْدُودُ al-maḥdūdu	مَحْدُودَةٌ maḥdūdatun	الْمَحْدُودَةُ al-maḥdūdatu
Accusative	مَحْدُودًا maḥdūdan	الْمَحْدُودَ al-maḥdūda	مَحْدُودَةً maḥdūdatan	الْمَحْدُودَةَ al-maḥdūdata
Genitive	مَحْدُودٍ maḥdūdin	الْمَحْدُودِ al-maḥdūdi	مَحْدُودَةٍ maḥdūdatin	الْمَحْدُودَةِ al-maḥdūdati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَحْدُودَيْن maḥdūdayn	الْمَحْدُودَيْن al-maḥdūdayn	مَحْدُودَتَيْن maḥdūdatayn	الْمَحْدُودَتَيْن al-maḥdūdatayn
Nominative	مَحْدُودَانِ maḥdūdāni	الْمَحْدُودَانِ al-maḥdūdāni	مَحْدُودَتَانِ maḥdūdatāni	الْمَحْدُودَتَانِ al-maḥdūdatāni
Accusative	مَحْدُودَيْنِ maḥdūdayni	الْمَحْدُودَيْنِ al-maḥdūdayni	مَحْدُودَتَيْنِ maḥdūdatayni	الْمَحْدُودَتَيْنِ al-maḥdūdatayni
Genitive	مَحْدُودَيْنِ maḥdūdayni	الْمَحْدُودَيْنِ al-maḥdūdayni	مَحْدُودَتَيْنِ maḥdūdatayni	الْمَحْدُودَتَيْنِ al-maḥdūdatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَحْدُودِين maḥdūdīn	الْمَحْدُودِين al-maḥdūdīn	مَحْدُودَات maḥdūdāt	الْمَحْدُودَات al-maḥdūdāt
Nominative	مَحْدُودُونَ maḥdūdūna	الْمَحْدُودُونَ al-maḥdūdūna	مَحْدُودَاتٌ maḥdūdātun	الْمَحْدُودَاتُ al-maḥdūdātu
Accusative	مَحْدُودِينَ maḥdūdīna	الْمَحْدُودِينَ al-maḥdūdīna	مَحْدُودَاتٍ maḥdūdātin	الْمَحْدُودَاتِ al-maḥdūdāti
Genitive	مَحْدُودِينَ maḥdūdīna	الْمَحْدُودِينَ al-maḥdūdīna	مَحْدُودَاتٍ maḥdūdātin	الْمَحْدُودَاتِ al-maḥdūdāti

Derived terms

• مَحْدُودِيَّة (maḥdūdiyya)

Descendants

• → Turkish: mahdut

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “محدود”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 188

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْدُود (maḥdūd).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mah.ˈduːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.d̪úːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.d̪úːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪úːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.d̪úd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɦ.d̪úːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.d̪úd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	mahdūḏ
Dari reading?	mahdūd
Iranian reading?	mahdud
Tajik reading?	mahdud

Adjective

محدود • (mahdud)

1. limited
2. circumscribed, confined
3. bound, bordered

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “محدود”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “محدود”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim