Arabic

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Root
ع ص ر (ʕ ṣ r)
11 terms

Etymology

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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).

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Adjective

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

  1. contemporary, contemporaneous

Declension

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Descendants

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

Persian

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Etymology

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From Arabic مُعَاصِر (muʕāṣir).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Dari معاصر
Iranian Persian
Tajik муосир

معاصر (mo'âser)

  1. contemporary

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُعَاصِر (muʕāṣir).

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Adjective

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

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

References

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