masdar
mas·darnoun
masdar is spelled M-A-S-D-A-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (mas·dar). It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, masdar means “Arabic verbal noun, also used in Georgian grammar (მასდარი)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of masdar is masdars.
How many letters and syllables are in masdar?
| Letters | 6: M-A-S-D-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mas·dar |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is masdar?
Masdar appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce masdar?
Masdar has 2 syllables, split mas·dar in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with masdar?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as masdar.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: madras.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of masdar
- masdars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does masdar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Arabic verbal noun, also used in Georgian grammar (მასდარი)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Masdar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a part of speech in Arabic:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | masdar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does masdar come from?
Borrowed from Arabic مَصْدَر (maṣdar, “source”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).