المقصود هو
“المقصود هو” (аль-максууд хува) — what is meant in Arabic. Phrase, level B1. Literally "what is intended": what is meant — "the aim of the words is this". "You aim" — the verb you have met. In a live sentence: “المقصود هو السعر الجديد لا القديم” — What is meant is the new price, not the old one. Written with the characters ا, ل, م, ق, ص, و, د, ه, و. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | المقصود هو |
| Read in Latin letters | аль-максууд хува |
| Translation | what is meant |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "what is intended": what is meant — "the aim of the words is this". "You aim" — the verb you have met
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- المقصود هو السعر الجديد لا القديمаль-максууд хува ас-саʿир аль-джадиид ля аль-кадиимWhat is meant is the new price, not the old one
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “what is meant” in Arabic?
«المقصود هو», read “аль-максууд хува”. In a live sentence: “المقصود هو السعر الجديد لا القديم” — What is meant is the new price, not the old one. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ا, ل, م, ق, ص, و, د, ه, و.
How is “المقصود هو” written in Latin letters?
аль-максууд хува. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "what is intended": what is meant — "the aim of the words is this". "You aim" — the verb you have met. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.