المشتري

See also: مشتر

Arabic

اَلْمُشْتَرِي

Etymology

• From مُشْتَرٍ (muštarin, “buyer, seller”), from the root ش ر ي (š r y) with the original semantic sense of bringing of goods or commodities (to be exchanged). This renders the title to mean "the bringer of goods", "provider of commodities", or "supplier of fortunes"; parallel with the planet's other names also denoting fortune and its auspicious nature.
• Alternatively from the root ش ر ي (š r y) in the sense of "being persistent", "to be reliable"; possibly parallel with the title صَدِيق (ṣadīq) and Hebrew צֶדֶק (tzédek), which however can also be interpreted as "charitable", "giving", or "honoring".
  • Possible distant relation to Akkadian 𒀭𒈪𒁲𒊑 (mīšāru, “uprightness; god personifying justice”) and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎌𐎗 (mšr, “righteousness”), cognate with Hebrew יָשָׁר (yashár, “upright, right, correct”) and يَسْر (yasr). The root ي س ر (y s r) also however denotes "to procure goods easily", "to be or grow rich", "to live in affluence or ease", "to have good fortune".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.muʃ.ta.riː/

Proper noun

الْمُشْتَرِي • (al-muštarī) m

1. (astronomy) Jupiter (planet)

Declension

Singular	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْمُشْتَرِي al-muštarī	—
Nominative	—	الْمُشْتَرِي al-muštarī	—
Accusative	—	الْمُشْتَرِيَ al-muštariya	—
Genitive	—	الْمُشْتَرِي al-muštarī	—

Declension of noun الْمُشْتَرِي (al-muštarī)

Synonyms

• الجَدّ (al-jadd, “the good fortune”)^[1][2]
• الأَحْوَر (al-ʔaḥwar, “the clear, distinguished, intense, bright among darkness”)^[3]
• السَعْد الأَكْبَر (as-saʕd al-ʔakbar, “the greater good fortune”)^[4] contrasted with Venus the lesser

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Müştəri
• → Malay: Musytari
• → Middle Armenian: մուշթարի (muštʻari), մուշտարի (muštari)
• → Persian: مشتری
• → Swahili: Mshtarii
• → Turkish: Müşteri (archaic)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) كَوَاكِب الْمَجْمُوعَة الشَّمْسِيَّة (kawākib al-majmūʿa aš-šamsiyya); عُطَارِد (ʕuṭārid), الزُّهَرَة (az-zuhara), الْأَرْض (al-ʔarḍ), الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ), الْمُشْتَرِي (al-muštarī), زُحَل (zuḥal), أُورَانُوس (ʾuranōs), نِبْتُون (nebtūn)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 666
• Wilhelm Gesenius, Hebrew Lexicon (1852), "גד", pg. 177

1. Gad Jewish Encyclopedia ©2002-2011, JewishEncyclopedia.com. All rights reserved
2. The god Gad by Ryan Thomas in Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 139, No. 2 (April-June 2019), pp. 307-316
3. Term ḤWR_19, under entry: ḤWR Etymological Dictionary of Arabic, University of Oslo Faculty of Humanities
4. Stefano Carboni, Following the Stars: Images of the Zodiac in Islamic Art, 1997, Jupiter, pg. 19