# قصد
## Arabic
### Verb

قَصَدَ • (qaṣada) I (non-past يَقْصِدُ (yaqṣidu), verbal noun قَصْد (qaṣd) or مَقْصَد (maqṣad))
* to mean, to intend
* to move towards
* to aim at
* to try to injure or kill
* to fall upon
* to rely upon
* to dedicate
* to break (something) in the middle
* to be just
* to keep the golden mean
* to economize
* to make poems

#### Descendants

* → Swahili: -kusudi

### Verb

قَصُدَ • (qaṣuda) I (non-past يَقْصُدُ (yaqṣudu), verbal noun قَصَادَة (qaṣāda))
* to be fat

#### Conjugation
### Noun

قَصْد • (qaṣd) m
* verbal noun of قَصَدَ (qaṣada) (form I)
* intention, objective, purpose, resolution, end, aim
* purport
* way, road

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: qəsd
* → Ottoman Turkish: قصد (kasıd)
** > Turkish: kasıt (inherited)
** → Crimean Tatar: qast
* → Persian: قَصد (qasd)
* → Swahili: kusudi
* → Uzbek: qasd

### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قصد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَصَدَ (qaṣada).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.sˤad/

#### Verb

قَصَد • (gaṣad) I (non-past يِقْصُد (yigṣud))
* to mean, to intend
* to dedicate
* to read a poem

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَصْد (qaṣd).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡasˤd/

#### Noun

قصد • (gaṣd) m
* intention, objective, purpose, resolution, end, aim

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَصْد (qaṣd).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [qasð]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qäsd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qäsd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [qäsd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [qäsd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qæsd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [qäsd̪]

### Noun

قَصد • (qasd) (plural قَصدها (qasd-hâ))
* intention, desire, objective
    او قصد بدی نداشت ― u qasd-e badi na-dâšt. ― S/he didn't have bad intentions.
** c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 35”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎:خراب کردی و بیمرد خاندان بهیم مگر کنی پس از این قصد خانه قیصرxarāb kardī u bēmard xānadān-i bahīm magar kunī pas az īn qasd-i xāna-yi qaysarYou have ruined and made desolate the court of Bhima; Perhaps after this, you shall aim for the house of Caesar.(Classical Persian transliteration)
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2635:گفت پیغمبر که حق فرموده است قصد من از خلق احسان بوده استguft payğambar ke haqq farmūda ast qasd-i man az xalq ihsān būda astThe Prophet has declared that God said, "My purpose in creating was to do good."(Classical Persian transliteration)
** 2021 April 6, “روزنامه آمریکایی: تعجب‌آور نیست که ایران درباره قصد آمریکا تردید دارد”, in Donya-e-Eqtesad‎:تعجب‌آور نیست که ایران درباره قصد آمریکا تردید داردta'ajjob-âvar nist ke irân darbâre-ye qasd-e âmrikâ tardid dâradIt is not astonishing that Iran is hesitant about America's intentions

#### Derived terms

* قصد داشتن (qasd dâštan, “to intend to”)
* قصد کردن (qasd kardan)

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قصد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَصَدَ (qaṣada).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔa.sˤad/, [ˈʔɑ.sˤɑd]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡa.sˤad/, [ˈɡɑ.sˤɑd]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

قصد • (ʔaṣad) I (present بقصد (byuʔṣod))
* to mean, to intend

### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَصْد (qaṣd).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔasˤd/, [ʔɑsˤdˤ]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡasˤd/, [ɡɑsˤdˤ]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Noun

قصد • (ʔaṣd) m
* meaning, intention
    شو قصدك ― šū ʔaṣdak? ― What do you mean?
    بدون قصد ― bidūn ʔaṣd ― unintentionally