مصر

See also: مضر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From a common Semitic source; compare Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (miṣráyim), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm), and Akkadian 𒈪𒄑𒊑𒄿 (miṣru) or 𒈬𒀫 (muṣru). The ending in Hebrew and Ugaritic is the standard dual form, perhaps related to the ancient conceptualization of Egypt as two realms: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Conflated with the root م ص ر (m ṣ r) in some senses (see below).

The sense of Cairo stems from the earlier settlement مِصْرُ الفُسْطَاط (miṣru l-fusṭāṭ, “the Civil Center of Assembly”, literally “of the large camel-hair tents, assembly halls”) that was incorporated into Cairo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /misˤr/

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Proper noun

مِصْر • (miṣr) f

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
2. (dialectal, Egypt) Cairo (the capital and largest city of Egypt)

Declension

Declension of noun مِصْر (miṣr)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	مِصْر miṣr	—
nominative	—	مِصْرُ miṣru	—
accusative	—	مِصْرَ miṣra	—
genitive	—	مِصْرَ miṣra	—

Derived terms

• مِصْرِيّ (miṣriyy, “Egyptian”)
• مِصْرِيَّة (miṣriyya, “Egyptian woman”)
• مَصَّرَ (maṣṣara, “to Egyptianize”)
• تَمَصَّرَ (tamaṣṣara, “to become Egyptian”)
• مِصْرِيَّة (miṣriyya, “Egyptianism”)

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: مصر (maṣr)
  • → Nobiin: Másser
• Gulf Arabic: مصر (maṣir)
• Hijazi Arabic: مَصُر (maṣur)
• Maltese: Masar
• Moroccan Arabic: مصر (miṣr)
• North Levantine Arabic: مَصْر (maṣ(ə)r)
• → Abkhaz: Мысра (Məsra), Мсыр (Msər)
• → Adyghe: Мысыр (Məsər)
• → Akan: Misrim
• → Amharic: ምሥር (məśr)
• → Azerbaijani: Misir
• → Bashkir: Мысыр (Mısır)
• → Beja: مَسِر (Másir)
• → Chagatai: مصر
  • Uyghur: مىسىر (misir)
  • Uzbek: Misr
• → Chechen: Мисар (Misar)
• → Crimean Tatar: Mısır
• → Dhivehi: މިޞްރު (mişru)
• → Hausa: Masar, Misira
• → Kabyle: Maṣer
• → Kalenjin: Misri
• → Kamba: Misri
• → Kikuyu: Misri
• → Krymchak: Мысыр
• → Kumyk: Мисри (Misri)
• → Kurdish:
  • Central Kurdish: میسر (mîsr)
  • Northern Kurdish: Misir
• → Kyrgyz: Мысыр (Mısır)
• → Lezgi: Мисри (Misri)
• → Luhya: Misri
• → Luo: Misri
• → Classical Malay: مصر (Mesir)
  • Malay: Mesir
    • Indonesian: Mesir
• → Maranao: Misir
• → Meru: Misri
• → Mongolian:

  Cyrillic script: Мисир (Misir)

  Mongolian script: ᠮᠢᠰᠢᠷ (misir)

• → Ossetian: Мысыр (Mysyr)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مصر (Mısır) (see there for further descendants)
• → Pashto: مصر (mesr)
• → Classical Persian: مِصْر (misr) (see there for further descendants)
• → Swahili: Umisri, Misri

Etymology 2

From the root م ص ر (m ṣ r), whose significations may have been partially influenced by the name of the North African region.

Noun

مِصْر • (miṣr) m (plural أَمْصَار (ʔamṣār))

1. border, boundary, limit, march, neighboring territory
2. separate area, district, province, city-state
3. big city, metropolis, capital
4. garrison town, a military fort, an incorporated area; a colony often to establish regional control, a civilizing or cultural settlement
   1. (in the dual) Kufa and Basra
   2. (in the dual) Fustat and Kairouan

Declension

Declension of noun مِصْر (miṣr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِصْر miṣr	الْمِصْر al-miṣr	مِصْر miṣr
nominative	مِصْرٌ miṣrun	الْمِصْرُ al-miṣru	مِصْرُ miṣru
accusative	مِصْرًا miṣran	الْمِصْرَ al-miṣra	مِصْرَ miṣra
genitive	مِصْرٍ miṣrin	الْمِصْرِ al-miṣri	مِصْرِ miṣri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِصْرَيْن miṣrayn	الْمِصْرَيْن al-miṣrayn	مِصْرَيْ miṣray
nominative	مِصْرَانِ miṣrāni	الْمِصْرَانِ al-miṣrāni	مِصْرَا miṣrā
accusative	مِصْرَيْنِ miṣrayni	الْمِصْرَيْنِ al-miṣrayni	مِصْرَيْ miṣray
genitive	مِصْرَيْنِ miṣrayni	الْمِصْرَيْنِ al-miṣrayni	مِصْرَيْ miṣray
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَمْصَار ʔamṣār	الْأَمْصَار al-ʔamṣār	أَمْصَار ʔamṣār
nominative	أَمْصَارٌ ʔamṣārun	الْأَمْصَارُ al-ʔamṣāru	أَمْصَارُ ʔamṣāru
accusative	أَمْصَارًا ʔamṣāran	الْأَمْصَارَ al-ʔamṣāra	أَمْصَارَ ʔamṣāra
genitive	أَمْصَارٍ ʔamṣārin	الْأَمْصَارِ al-ʔamṣāri	أَمْصَارِ ʔamṣāri

Derived terms

• مَصَّرَ (maṣṣara, “to found (a city), to settle; to urbanize”)
• تَمَصَّرَ (tamaṣṣara, “to become a city”)

Etymology 3

From the root م ص ر (m ṣ r), with senses relating to Egypt deriving directly from مِصْر (miṣr, “Egypt”).

Verb

مَصَّرَ • (maṣṣara) II (non-past يُمَصِّرُ (yumaṣṣiru), verbal noun تَمْصِير (tamṣīr))

1. (transitive) to build or found (a city), to settle or people (a region), to colonize; to civilize

   Synonyms: اِسْتَعْمَرَ (istaʕmara), اِسْتَوْطَنَ (istawṭana)

2. (transitive) to make Egyptian, to Egyptianize

Conjugation

Conjugation of مَصَّرَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَمْصِير)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَمْصِير tamṣīr
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُمَصِّر mumaṣṣir
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُمَصَّر mumaṣṣar
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مَصَّرْتُ maṣṣartu	مَصَّرْتَ maṣṣarta	مَصَّرَ maṣṣara		مَصَّرْتُمَا maṣṣartumā	مَصَّرَا maṣṣarā		مَصَّرْنَا maṣṣarnā	مَصَّرْتُمْ maṣṣartum	مَصَّرُوا maṣṣarū
	f		مَصَّرْتِ maṣṣarti	مَصَّرَتْ maṣṣarat			مَصَّرَتَا maṣṣaratā			مَصَّرْتُنَّ maṣṣartunna	مَصَّرْنَ maṣṣarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُمَصِّرُ ʔumaṣṣiru	تُمَصِّرُ tumaṣṣiru	يُمَصِّرُ yumaṣṣiru		تُمَصِّرَانِ tumaṣṣirāni	يُمَصِّرَانِ yumaṣṣirāni		نُمَصِّرُ numaṣṣiru	تُمَصِّرُونَ tumaṣṣirūna	يُمَصِّرُونَ yumaṣṣirūna
	f		تُمَصِّرِينَ tumaṣṣirīna	تُمَصِّرُ tumaṣṣiru			تُمَصِّرَانِ tumaṣṣirāni			تُمَصِّرْنَ tumaṣṣirna	يُمَصِّرْنَ yumaṣṣirna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَصِّرَ ʔumaṣṣira	تُمَصِّرَ tumaṣṣira	يُمَصِّرَ yumaṣṣira		تُمَصِّرَا tumaṣṣirā	يُمَصِّرَا yumaṣṣirā		نُمَصِّرَ numaṣṣira	تُمَصِّرُوا tumaṣṣirū	يُمَصِّرُوا yumaṣṣirū
	f		تُمَصِّرِي tumaṣṣirī	تُمَصِّرَ tumaṣṣira			تُمَصِّرَا tumaṣṣirā			تُمَصِّرْنَ tumaṣṣirna	يُمَصِّرْنَ yumaṣṣirna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُمَصِّرْ ʔumaṣṣir	تُمَصِّرْ tumaṣṣir	يُمَصِّرْ yumaṣṣir		تُمَصِّرَا tumaṣṣirā	يُمَصِّرَا yumaṣṣirā		نُمَصِّرْ numaṣṣir	تُمَصِّرُوا tumaṣṣirū	يُمَصِّرُوا yumaṣṣirū
	f		تُمَصِّرِي tumaṣṣirī	تُمَصِّرْ tumaṣṣir			تُمَصِّرَا tumaṣṣirā			تُمَصِّرْنَ tumaṣṣirna	يُمَصِّرْنَ yumaṣṣirna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مَصِّرْ maṣṣir			مَصِّرَا maṣṣirā				مَصِّرُوا maṣṣirū
	f		مَصِّرِي maṣṣirī							مَصِّرْنَ maṣṣirna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مُصِّرْتُ muṣṣirtu	مُصِّرْتَ muṣṣirta	مُصِّرَ muṣṣira		مُصِّرْتُمَا muṣṣirtumā	مُصِّرَا muṣṣirā		مُصِّرْنَا muṣṣirnā	مُصِّرْتُمْ muṣṣirtum	مُصِّرُوا muṣṣirū
	f		مُصِّرْتِ muṣṣirti	مُصِّرَتْ muṣṣirat			مُصِّرَتَا muṣṣiratā			مُصِّرْتُنَّ muṣṣirtunna	مُصِّرْنَ muṣṣirna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُمَصَّرُ ʔumaṣṣaru	تُمَصَّرُ tumaṣṣaru	يُمَصَّرُ yumaṣṣaru		تُمَصَّرَانِ tumaṣṣarāni	يُمَصَّرَانِ yumaṣṣarāni		نُمَصَّرُ numaṣṣaru	تُمَصَّرُونَ tumaṣṣarūna	يُمَصَّرُونَ yumaṣṣarūna
	f		تُمَصَّرِينَ tumaṣṣarīna	تُمَصَّرُ tumaṣṣaru			تُمَصَّرَانِ tumaṣṣarāni			تُمَصَّرْنَ tumaṣṣarna	يُمَصَّرْنَ yumaṣṣarna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَصَّرَ ʔumaṣṣara	تُمَصَّرَ tumaṣṣara	يُمَصَّرَ yumaṣṣara		تُمَصَّرَا tumaṣṣarā	يُمَصَّرَا yumaṣṣarā		نُمَصَّرَ numaṣṣara	تُمَصَّرُوا tumaṣṣarū	يُمَصَّرُوا yumaṣṣarū
	f		تُمَصَّرِي tumaṣṣarī	تُمَصَّرَ tumaṣṣara			تُمَصَّرَا tumaṣṣarā			تُمَصَّرْنَ tumaṣṣarna	يُمَصَّرْنَ yumaṣṣarna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُمَصَّرْ ʔumaṣṣar	تُمَصَّرْ tumaṣṣar	يُمَصَّرْ yumaṣṣar		تُمَصَّرَا tumaṣṣarā	يُمَصَّرَا yumaṣṣarā		نُمَصَّرْ numaṣṣar	تُمَصَّرُوا tumaṣṣarū	يُمَصَّرُوا yumaṣṣarū
	f		تُمَصَّرِي tumaṣṣarī	تُمَصَّرْ tumaṣṣar			تُمَصَّرَا tumaṣṣarā			تُمَصَّرْنَ tumaṣṣarna	يُمَصَّرْنَ yumaṣṣarna

Derived terms

• تَمْصِير (tamṣīr, “settlement, civilization, colonization; Egyptianization”)

Etymology 4

Root
ص ر ر (ṣ r r)
5 terms

Derived from the active participle of أَصَرّ (ʔaṣarr, “to persist in”).

Adjective

مُصِرّ • (muṣirr) (feminine مُصِرَّة (muṣirra), masculine plural مُصِرُّونَ (muṣirrūna), feminine plural مُصِرَّات (muṣirrāt))

1. insistent

Declension

Declension of adjective مُصِرّ (muṣirr)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُصِرّ muṣirr	الْمُصِرّ al-muṣirr	مُصِرَّة muṣirra	الْمُصِرَّة al-muṣirra
nominative	مُصِرٌّ muṣirrun	الْمُصِرُّ al-muṣirru	مُصِرَّةٌ muṣirratun	الْمُصِرَّةُ al-muṣirratu
accusative	مُصِرًّا muṣirran	الْمُصِرَّ al-muṣirra	مُصِرَّةً muṣirratan	الْمُصِرَّةَ al-muṣirrata
genitive	مُصِرٍّ muṣirrin	الْمُصِرِّ al-muṣirri	مُصِرَّةٍ muṣirratin	الْمُصِرَّةِ al-muṣirrati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُصِرَّيْن muṣirrayn	الْمُصِرَّيْن al-muṣirrayn	مُصِرَّتَيْن muṣirratayn	الْمُصِرَّتَيْن al-muṣirratayn
nominative	مُصِرَّانِ muṣirrāni	الْمُصِرَّانِ al-muṣirrāni	مُصِرَّتَانِ muṣirratāni	الْمُصِرَّتَانِ al-muṣirratāni
accusative	مُصِرَّيْنِ muṣirrayni	الْمُصِرَّيْنِ al-muṣirrayni	مُصِرَّتَيْنِ muṣirratayni	الْمُصِرَّتَيْنِ al-muṣirratayni
genitive	مُصِرَّيْنِ muṣirrayni	الْمُصِرَّيْنِ al-muṣirrayni	مُصِرَّتَيْنِ muṣirratayni	الْمُصِرَّتَيْنِ al-muṣirratayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُصِرِّين muṣirrīn	الْمُصِرِّين al-muṣirrīn	مُصِرَّات muṣirrāt	الْمُصِرَّات al-muṣirrāt
nominative	مُصِرُّونَ muṣirrūna	الْمُصِرُّونَ al-muṣirrūna	مُصِرَّاتٌ muṣirrātun	الْمُصِرَّاتُ al-muṣirrātu
accusative	مُصِرِّينَ muṣirrīna	الْمُصِرِّينَ al-muṣirrīna	مُصِرَّاتٍ muṣirrātin	الْمُصِرَّاتِ al-muṣirrāti
genitive	مُصِرِّينَ muṣirrīna	الْمُصِرِّينَ al-muṣirrīna	مُصِرَّاتٍ muṣirrātin	الْمُصِرَّاتِ al-muṣirrāti

References

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

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِصْر (miṣr). The sense of Cairo comes from the earlier settlement مِصْر الْفُسْطَاطِ (miṣr al-fusṭāṭi, “the Civil Center of Assembly”) that was incorporated into Cairo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masˤr/

Proper noun

مصر • (maṣr) f

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
2. (informal) Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)

   Synonym: القاهرة (il-qāhira)

Derived terms

• مصري (maṣri, “Egyptian”)

Descendants

• → Nobiin: Másser

Hijazi Arabic

مَصُر

عَلَم مَصُر

Etymology 1

From Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.sˤur/, [ma.sˤʊr]

Proper noun

مَصُر • (maṣur) f

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Related terms

• مَصْري (maṣri)
• مَصْرية (maṣriyya)

Etymology 2

Root
ص ر ر
1 term

From Arabic مُصِرّ (muṣirr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.sˤirr/, [mʊ.sˤɪrr]

Adjective

مُصِرّ • (muṣirr) (feminine مُصِرَّة (muṣirra), common plural مُصِرِّين (muṣirrīn))

1. persistent
2. determined, insistent

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /misˤr/

Proper noun

مِصْر • (miṣr) f

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Derived terms

• مصري (miṣri)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Proper noun

مصر • (Mısır)

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Derived terms

• مصر طورنه‌سی (Mısır turnası, “sacred ibis”)
• مصرلو (Mısırlı, “Egyptian”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Mısır
• → Albanian: Misir
• → Middle Armenian: Մսըր (Msər), Մսր (Msr)
  • Armenian: Մսըր (Msər)
• → Romanian: Misir
• Serbo-Croatian:
  • Latin script: Mìsīr
  • Cyrillic script: Мѝсӣр

Noun

مصر • (mısır)

1. maize, corn

Descendants

• Turkish: mısır
• → Albanian: misër

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مصر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1877

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Pronunciation

• (rare) IPA^(key): /mɪsɾ/
• IPA^(key): /mis.ar/

Proper noun

مصر • (misr) m

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [misɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɪsɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɪsɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪsɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [misɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mesɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [misɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	misr
Dari reading?	misr
Iranian reading?	mesr
Tajik reading?	misr

Proper noun

Dari	مصر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Миср

مِصْر • (mesr)

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
   • 1611, ʿAbd al-Sattār ibn Qāsim Lāhōrī, مجالس جهانگیری [Majālis-i Jahāngīrī]:

     این كمترین مریدان حكایتی از جنگ كردن سلطان صالح‌الدین مصر به فرنگیان كه از غرابت خالی نبوده به عرض اقـدس مـیرسانید.

     īn kamtarīn murīdān hikāyatē az jang kardan-i sultān sālah-ad-dīn-i misr ba farangīyān ki az ġurābat xālī na-būda ba arz-i aqdas mē-rasānīd.

     We humblest servants told a story in his imperial presence about the war that Sultan Saladin of Egypt had waged against the Crusaders, which was not devoid of marvels.

2. (archaic) Cairo (the capital and largest city of Egypt)

Derived terms

• مصرشناس (mesr-šenâs, “Egyptologist”)
• مصرشناسی (mesr-šenâsi, “Egyptology”)
• مصری (mesri, “Egyptian”)

Descendants

• Dari: مِصْر (misr)
• Iranian Persian: مِصْر (mesr)
• Tajik: Миср (Misr)
• → Assamese: মিছৰ (misor), মিচৰ (misor)
• → Bengali: মিশর (miśor), মিসর (miśor)
• → Gujarati: મિસર (misar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मिस्र (misra), मिस्त्र (mistra), मिसर (misar)

  Urdu: مِصْر (misr)

• → Kashmiri: مِصر (misr)
• → Kazakh: Мысыр (Mysyr)
• → Marathi: मिसर (misar)
• → Nepali: मिस्र (misra)
• → Odia: ମିଶର (miśara), ମିଶର୍ (miśar), ମିଶ୍ର (miśra)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਮਿਸਰ (misar)
  • Shahmukhi script: مِصَر (miṣar)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُصِرّ (muṣirr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [moˈsiɾɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mosɪ́ɾ(ː)]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mosɪ́ɾ(ː)]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mosɪ́ɾ(ː)]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mosíɾ(ː)]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moséɹ(ː)]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mosíɾ(ː)]

Readings
Classical reading?	mosirr
Dari reading?	mosirr
Iranian reading?	moserr
Tajik reading?	mosirr

Adjective

مُصِرّ • (moserr)

1. (uncommon, literary) insistent

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mɪsəɾə̆/

Proper noun

مِصَر • (miṣar) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਿਸਰ)

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ص ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masˤr/, [ˈmɑ.sˤ(ɪ)rˤ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Proper noun

مصر • (maṣr) f

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Related terms

• مصري (maṣri, “Egyptian”)
• مصاري (maṣāri, “money”)

Urdu

Picture dictionary

مصر

ترکی

قبرص

لبنان

شام

فلسطین

اسرائیل

اُردن

مصر

کردستان

عراق

کویت

ایران

سعودی
عرب

بحرین

قطر

متحدہ عرب امارات

عمان

یمن

شام

شام

اسرائیل

اسرائیل

گلیل

گلیل

ہندوستان

ہندوستان

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مِصْر (misr), from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɪsɾ/, /mɪ.səɾ/

• Audio (Pakistan):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪsɾ, -əɾ

Proper noun

مِصْر • (misr) f (Hindi spelling मिस्र)

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
   • 2004, مرزا طاہر احمد [Mirza Tahir Ahmad], رَبِّ اِنِّی لِمَا اَنزَلتَ اِلَیَّ مِن خَیر فَقِیر (poetry), quoted in کلامِ طاہر [Kalam-e-Tahir], pages 99-100:

     مصر جانے کو جی مچلتا ہے

     miṣr jāne ko jī macaltā hai

     My heart yearns to go to Egypt

2. (by extension) cities south of Cairo in Egypt.
3. (figuratively) Cairo (a city in Egypt).

See also

• (Middle East) مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (maśriq-i vustā); سَعُودی عَرَب (sa'ūdī 'arab), مِصْر (misr) عِراق ('irāq), اِیران (īrān), اُرْدُن (urdun), شام (śām), تُرْکِیَہ (turkiya), قِبْرِص (qibris) فِلِسْطِین (filistīn) اِسْرائِیل (isrāīl) لِبْنان (libnān) یَمَن (yaman) عُمان ('umān) مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (muttahida 'arab imārāt) قَطَر (qatar) بَحْرِین (bahrīn) کُوَیت (kuvait) ^{(Category: ur:Middle East)}

Noun

مِصْر • (misr) f (Hindi spelling मिस्र)

1. a city; centre; country
2. limit, extent (between two items)
3. sword; blade

Further reading

• “مصر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مصر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مصر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مصر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “مصر”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC