مهاد

Arabic

Root
م ه د (m-h-d)

Etymology

Tool noun from the root م ه د (m-h-d).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.haːd/

Noun

مِهَاد • (mihād) m (plural مُهُد (muhud) or أَمْهِدَة (ʔamhida))

1. bed, resting place
2. low flat land
3. bottom of a sea or river
4. (neuroanatomy) thalamus (a structure in the brain)

Declension

Declension of noun مِهَاد (mihād)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِهَاد mihād	الْمِهَاد al-mihād	مِهَاد mihād
Nominative	مِهَادٌ mihādun	الْمِهَادُ al-mihādu	مِهَادُ mihādu
Accusative	مِهَادًا mihādan	الْمِهَادَ al-mihāda	مِهَادَ mihāda
Genitive	مِهَادٍ mihādin	الْمِهَادِ al-mihādi	مِهَادِ mihādi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِهَادَيْن mihādayn	الْمِهَادَيْن al-mihādayn	مِهَادَيْ mihāday
Nominative	مِهَادَانِ mihādāni	الْمِهَادَانِ al-mihādāni	مِهَادَا mihādā
Accusative	مِهَادَيْنِ mihādayni	الْمِهَادَيْنِ al-mihādayni	مِهَادَيْ mihāday
Genitive	مِهَادَيْنِ mihādayni	الْمِهَادَيْنِ al-mihādayni	مِهَادَيْ mihāday
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُهُد‎; أَمْهِدَة muhud‎; ʔamhida	الْمُهُد‎; الْأَمْهِدَة al-muhud‎; al-ʔamhida	مُهُد‎; أَمْهِدَة muhud‎; ʔamhidat
Nominative	مُهُدٌ‎; أَمْهِدَةٌ muhudun‎; ʔamhidatun	الْمُهُدُ‎; الْأَمْهِدَةُ al-muhudu‎; al-ʔamhidatu	مُهُدُ‎; أَمْهِدَةُ muhudu‎; ʔamhidatu
Accusative	مُهُدًا‎; أَمْهِدَةً muhudan‎; ʔamhidatan	الْمُهُدَ‎; الْأَمْهِدَةَ al-muhuda‎; al-ʔamhidata	مُهُدَ‎; أَمْهِدَةَ muhuda‎; ʔamhidata
Genitive	مُهُدٍ‎; أَمْهِدَةٍ muhudin‎; ʔamhidatin	الْمُهُدِ‎; الْأَمْهِدَةِ al-muhudi‎; al-ʔamhidati	مُهُدِ‎; أَمْهِدَةِ muhudi‎; ʔamhidati

Derived terms

• تَحْت اَلْمِهَاد (taḥt al-mihād, “hypothalamus”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: مهاد
  • Turkish: mihad

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِهَاد (mihād, “sleeping place”).

Noun

مهاد • (mihad) (plural مهد or امهده)

1. any resting place, such as a bed, mattress or carpet

   Synonyms: بستر (bister), مرقد (merkad), یاتاق (yatak)

Descendants

• Turkish: mihad

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mihad”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3214
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مهاد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1251
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lectus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 929
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مهاد”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 5043
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مهاد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2042