Arabic edit

Root
ع ص ر (ʕ-ṣ-r)

Etymology edit

Derived from the active participle of عَاصَرَ (ʕāṣara, to be a contemporary, to be contemporaneous), from the root ع ص ر (ʕ-ṣ-r); compare عَصْر (ʕaṣr, era, epoch, age, period).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

مُعَاصِر (muʕāṣir) (feminine مُعَاصِرَة (muʕāṣira), masculine plural مُعَاصِرُونَ (muʕāṣirūna), feminine plural مُعَاصِرَات (muʕāṣirāt))

  1. contemporary, contemporaneous

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: müasir
  • Persian: معاصر
  • Ottoman Turkish: معاصر (mu'asır)

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مُعَاصِر (muʕāṣir).

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

Dari معاصر
Iranian Persian
Tajik муосир

معاصر (mo'âser)

  1. contemporary

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَاصِر (muʕāṣir).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

مُعاصَر (mu'āsar) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुआसर)

  1. contemporary, concurrent[1]
    Synonyms: سَمْکالِین (samkālīn), ہَم عَصَر (ham 'asar)

References edit

  1. ^ “Meaning of muasir in English”, in Rekhta Dictionary[1], 2024 January 11 (last accessed)