مفهوم

Arabic

Root
ف ه م (f-h-m)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of فَهِمَ (fahima, “to understood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maf.huːm/

Noun

مَفْهُوم • (mafhūm) m (plural مَفَاهِيم (mafāhīm))

1. concept; notion; idea

Declension

Declension of noun مَفْهُوم (mafhūm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَفْهُوم mafhūm	الْمَفْهُوم al-mafhūm	مَفْهُوم mafhūm
Nominative	مَفْهُومٌ mafhūmun	الْمَفْهُومُ al-mafhūmu	مَفْهُومُ mafhūmu
Accusative	مَفْهُومًا mafhūman	الْمَفْهُومَ al-mafhūma	مَفْهُومَ mafhūma
Genitive	مَفْهُومٍ mafhūmin	الْمَفْهُومِ al-mafhūmi	مَفْهُومِ mafhūmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَفْهُومَيْن mafhūmayn	الْمَفْهُومَيْن al-mafhūmayn	مَفْهُومَيْ mafhūmay
Nominative	مَفْهُومَانِ mafhūmāni	الْمَفْهُومَانِ al-mafhūmāni	مَفْهُومَا mafhūmā
Accusative	مَفْهُومَيْنِ mafhūmayni	الْمَفْهُومَيْنِ al-mafhūmayni	مَفْهُومَيْ mafhūmay
Genitive	مَفْهُومَيْنِ mafhūmayni	الْمَفْهُومَيْنِ al-mafhūmayni	مَفْهُومَيْ mafhūmay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَفَاهِيم mafāhīm	الْمَفَاهِيم al-mafāhīm	مَفَاهِيم mafāhīm
Nominative	مَفَاهِيمُ mafāhīmu	الْمَفَاهِيمُ al-mafāhīmu	مَفَاهِيمُ mafāhīmu
Accusative	مَفَاهِيمَ mafāhīma	الْمَفَاهِيمَ al-mafāhīma	مَفَاهِيمَ mafāhīma
Genitive	مَفَاهِيمَ mafāhīma	الْمَفَاهِيمِ al-mafāhīmi	مَفَاهِيمِ mafāhīmi

Adjective

مَفْهُوم • (mafhūm) (feminine مَفْهُومة (mafhūma))

1. understood
2. understandable; comprehensible

Declension

Declension of adjective مَفْهُوم (mafhūm)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَفْهُوم mafhūm	الْمَفْهُوم al-mafhūm	مَفْهُومَة mafhūma	الْمَفْهُومَة al-mafhūma
Nominative	مَفْهُومٌ mafhūmun	الْمَفْهُومُ al-mafhūmu	مَفْهُومَةٌ mafhūmatun	الْمَفْهُومَةُ al-mafhūmatu
Accusative	مَفْهُومًا mafhūman	الْمَفْهُومَ al-mafhūma	مَفْهُومَةً mafhūmatan	الْمَفْهُومَةَ al-mafhūmata
Genitive	مَفْهُومٍ mafhūmin	الْمَفْهُومِ al-mafhūmi	مَفْهُومَةٍ mafhūmatin	الْمَفْهُومَةِ al-mafhūmati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَفْهُومَيْن mafhūmayn	الْمَفْهُومَيْن al-mafhūmayn	مَفْهُومَتَيْن mafhūmatayn	الْمَفْهُومَتَيْن al-mafhūmatayn
Nominative	مَفْهُومَانِ mafhūmāni	الْمَفْهُومَانِ al-mafhūmāni	مَفْهُومَتَانِ mafhūmatāni	الْمَفْهُومَتَانِ al-mafhūmatāni
Accusative	مَفْهُومَيْنِ mafhūmayni	الْمَفْهُومَيْنِ al-mafhūmayni	مَفْهُومَتَيْنِ mafhūmatayni	الْمَفْهُومَتَيْنِ al-mafhūmatayni
Genitive	مَفْهُومَيْنِ mafhūmayni	الْمَفْهُومَيْنِ al-mafhūmayni	مَفْهُومَتَيْنِ mafhūmatayni	الْمَفْهُومَتَيْنِ al-mafhūmatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	مَفْهُومَات mafhūmāt	الْمَفْهُومَات al-mafhūmāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	مَفْهُومَاتٌ mafhūmātun	الْمَفْهُومَاتُ al-mafhūmātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	مَفْهُومَاتٍ mafhūmātin	الْمَفْهُومَاتِ al-mafhūmāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	مَفْهُومَاتٍ mafhūmātin	الْمَفْهُومَاتِ al-mafhūmāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məfhum
• → Ottoman Turkish: مفهوم (mefhüm)
  • → Turkish: mefhum
• → Persian: مفهوم
• → Uyghur: مەفھۇم (mefhum)
• → Uzbek: mafhum

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَفْهُوم (mafhūm).

Noun

مفهوم • (mafhúm) m

1. sense, concept

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَفْهُوم (mafhūm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maf.ˈhuːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäf.húːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäf.húːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.fúːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.fúm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæf.húːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäf.húm]

Readings
Classical reading?	mafhūm
Iranian reading?	mafhum
Tajik reading?	mafhum

Noun

مفهوم • (mafhum)

1. concept

   یک مفهوم مرموز ― yek mafhum-e marmuz ― a mysterious concept

2. content; meaningful content; point

Derived terms

• مفهومی (mafhumi)

 

Adjective

مفهوم • (mafhum)

1. understood
   • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 428”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[1]:

     همه عالم گر این صورت ببینند
     کس این معنی نخواهد کرد مفهوم

     hama ālam gar īn sūrat bibēnand
     kas īn ma'nī na-xwāhad kard mafhūm

     [Even] if all the world sees this [outer] appearance,
     Nobody will make its [inner] meaning understood.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)