مسافر

Arabic

Root
س ف ر (s-f-r)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb سَافَرَ (sāfara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.saː.fir/

Noun

مُسَافِر • (musāfir) m (plural مُسَافِرُونَ (musāfirūna), feminine مُسَافِرَة (musāfira))

1. traveller

Declension

Declension of noun مُسَافِر (musāfir)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُسَافِر musāfir	الْمُسَافِر al-musāfir	مُسَافِر musāfir	مُسَافِرَة musāfira	الْمُسَافِرَة al-musāfira	مُسَافِرَة musāfirat
Nominative	مُسَافِرٌ musāfirun	الْمُسَافِرُ al-musāfiru	مُسَافِرُ musāfiru	مُسَافِرَةٌ musāfiratun	الْمُسَافِرَةُ al-musāfiratu	مُسَافِرَةُ musāfiratu
Accusative	مُسَافِرًا musāfiran	الْمُسَافِرَ al-musāfira	مُسَافِرَ musāfira	مُسَافِرَةً musāfiratan	الْمُسَافِرَةَ al-musāfirata	مُسَافِرَةَ musāfirata
Genitive	مُسَافِرٍ musāfirin	الْمُسَافِرِ al-musāfiri	مُسَافِرِ musāfiri	مُسَافِرَةٍ musāfiratin	الْمُسَافِرَةِ al-musāfirati	مُسَافِرَةِ musāfirati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُسَافِرَيْن musāfirayn	الْمُسَافِرَيْن al-musāfirayn	مُسَافِرَيْ musāfiray	مُسَافِرَتَيْن musāfiratayn	الْمُسَافِرَتَيْن al-musāfiratayn	مُسَافِرَتَيْ musāfiratay
Nominative	مُسَافِرَانِ musāfirāni	الْمُسَافِرَانِ al-musāfirāni	مُسَافِرَا musāfirā	مُسَافِرَتَانِ musāfiratāni	الْمُسَافِرَتَانِ al-musāfiratāni	مُسَافِرَتَا musāfiratā
Accusative	مُسَافِرَيْنِ musāfirayni	الْمُسَافِرَيْنِ al-musāfirayni	مُسَافِرَيْ musāfiray	مُسَافِرَتَيْنِ musāfiratayni	الْمُسَافِرَتَيْنِ al-musāfiratayni	مُسَافِرَتَيْ musāfiratay
Genitive	مُسَافِرَيْنِ musāfirayni	الْمُسَافِرَيْنِ al-musāfirayni	مُسَافِرَيْ musāfiray	مُسَافِرَتَيْنِ musāfiratayni	الْمُسَافِرَتَيْنِ al-musāfiratayni	مُسَافِرَتَيْ musāfiratay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُسَافِرِين musāfirīn	الْمُسَافِرِين al-musāfirīn	مُسَافِرِي musāfirī	مُسَافِرَات musāfirāt	الْمُسَافِرَات al-musāfirāt	مُسَافِرَات musāfirāt
Nominative	مُسَافِرُونَ musāfirūna	الْمُسَافِرُونَ al-musāfirūna	مُسَافِرُو musāfirū	مُسَافِرَاتٌ musāfirātun	الْمُسَافِرَاتُ al-musāfirātu	مُسَافِرَاتُ musāfirātu
Accusative	مُسَافِرِينَ musāfirīna	الْمُسَافِرِينَ al-musāfirīna	مُسَافِرِي musāfirī	مُسَافِرَاتٍ musāfirātin	الْمُسَافِرَاتِ al-musāfirāti	مُسَافِرَاتِ musāfirāti
Genitive	مُسَافِرِينَ musāfirīna	الْمُسَافِرِينَ al-musāfirīna	مُسَافِرِي musāfirī	مُسَافِرَاتٍ musāfirātin	الْمُسَافِرَاتِ al-musāfirāti	مُسَافِرَاتِ musāfirāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müsafir
• → Kazakh: мүсәпір (müsäpır)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مسافر (müsâfir)
  • Turkish: misafir
  • → Albanian: mysafir
  • → Aromanian: musafir, musafiru
  • → Greek: μουσαφίρης (mousafíris)
  • → Ladino: musafir
  • → Romanian: musafir
  • → Serbo-Croatian: musáfir
• → Persian: مسافر (mosâfer)
  • → Bengali: মুসাফির (muśaphir)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: मुसाफ़िर (musāfir)

    Urdu: مسافر (musāfir)

  • → Gujarati: મુસાફર (musāphar)
  • → Phalura: musaafár
  • → Ushojo: مسیافری
• → Swahili: msafiri
• → Uyghur: مۇساپىر (musapir)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسافِر (musāfir).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Iran):

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.sɑː.ˈfiɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑː.fɪ́ɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑː.fɪ́ɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑː.fɪ́ɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔː.fíɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.sɒː.féɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔ.fíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	musāfir
Iranian reading?	mosâfer
Tajik reading?	musofir

Noun

مسافر • (mosâfer) (plural مسافران (mosâferân) or مسافرین (mosâferin) or مسافرها (mosâfer-hâ))

1. traveller

Descendants

• → Bengali: মুসাফির (muśaphir)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुसाफ़िर (musāfir)

  Urdu: مسافر (musāfir)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مسافر (musāfir), from Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.sɑː.fɪɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɾ
• Hyphenation: مُ‧سا‧فِر

Noun

مُسافِر • (musāfir) m (Hindi spelling मुसाफ़िर)

1. traveller
2. passenger

Declension

Declension of مسافر
	singular	plural
direct	مسافر (musāfir)	مسافر (musāfir)
oblique	مسافر (musāfir)	مسافروں (musāfirō̃)
vocative	مسافر (musāfir)	مسافرو (musāfirō)

Related terms

• سفر (safar)
• ہمسفر (hamsafar)

References

• “مسافر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مسافر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.