مَقْصِدٌ
1.
, with kesr to the ص, A place to, or towards, which one tends, repairs, or betakes himself; to which one directs his course; at which one aims; which one seeks, pursues, endeavours to reach, desires, or wishes for; [plural مَقَاصِدُ.] Ex. لَهُ مَقْصِدٌ مَعَيَّنٌ
He has a specified place to which, or towards which, he tends, or repairs, &c. (Msb.) بَابُكَ مَقْصِدِى
Thy door, or gate, is the place to which, or towards which, I tend, or repair, &c. (A.)
2.
مَقَاصِدُ الطَّرُقِ [The right places to which roads tend]; i. q.
مَرَاشِدُهَا. (S, L, K, article رشد.) See also مَقْصَدٌ.