مشرق

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb شَرْق (šarq, east).

Root
ش ر ق (š-r-q)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʃ.riq/

Noun

مَشْرِق • (mašriq) m (dual مَشْرِقَان (mašriqān), plural مَشَارِق (mašāriq))

  1. east, direction where the sun rises
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:258:
      قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْتِي بِالشَّمْسِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ الَّذِي كَفَرَ
      qāla ʔibrāhīmu faʔinna l-laha yaʔtī bi-š-šamsi mina al-mašriqi faʔti bihā mina l-maḡribi fabuhita allaḏī kafara
      Abraham said, "God indeed brings the sun from the east; now you bring it from the west." Thereat the faithless one was dumbfounded.
  2. time of sunrise
  3. an eastern country
  4. a sunny place

Declension

Descendants

Proper noun

مَشْرِق • (mašriq) m

  1. Mashriq

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْرِق (mašriq).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäʃ.ɾɪ́q]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mäʃ.ɾɪ́q]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mäʃ.ɾíq]

Readings
Classical reading? mašriq
Dari reading? mašriq
Iranian reading? mašreğ
Tajik reading? mašriq

Noun

Dari مشرق
Iranian Persian
Tajik машриқ

مشرق • (mašreq)

  1. the east, the East
    Synonym: شرق (šarq)

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشرق, from Arabic مَشْرِق (mašriq).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʃ.ɾɪq/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪq

Noun

مَشْرِق • (maśriq) ? (Hindi spelling मश्रिक़)

  1. east
    Synonym: پُورَب (pūrab)
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