شرق

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See also: سرف, شرف, سرق, and سرڤ

Arabic

Root
ش ر ق (š r q)
9 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃarq/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

شَرْق (šarqm

  1. east; Orient
Declension
Coordinate terms
شَمَال غَرْبِيّ (šamāl ḡarbiyy) شَمَال (šamāl) شَمَال شَرْقِيّ (šamāl šarqiyy)
غَرْب (ḡarb) شَرْق (šarq)
جَنُوب غَرْبِيّ (janūb ḡarbiyy) جَنُوب (janūb) جَنُوب شَرْقِيّ (janūb šarqiyy)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: şərq
  • Bashkir: шәреҡ
  • Pashto: شرق (šarq)
  • Persian: شرق (šarq)
  • Tajik: шарқ (šarq)
  • Ottoman Turkish: شرق
    > Turkish: şark (inherited)
  • Uzbek: sharq

Etymology 1.2

Verb

شَرَقَ (šaraqa) I (non-past يَشْرُقُ (yašruqu), verbal noun شَرْق (šarq) or شُرُوق (šurūq))

  1. to rise (of the sun)
  2. to shine
  3. to become tall (of a tree, etc.)
Conjugation

Etymology 2.1

Verb

شَرِقَ (šariqa) I (non-past يَشْرَقُ (yašraqu), verbal noun شَرَق (šaraq))

  1. to become lit from the sun (of a place)
  2. to become dry due to lack of irrigation (of land)
  3. to become full and cramped (of a space)
  4. to appear (in one's eye, of blood; i.e. the eyes become bloodshot)
  5. to choke
    • Al-Mutanabbi :
      وَمَا شَرَقِي بِالْمَاءِ إِلَّا تَذَكُّرًا / لِمَاءٍ بِهِ أَهْلُ الْحَبِيبِ نُزُولُ
      يُحَرِّمُهُ لَمْعُ الْأَسِنَّةِ فَوْقَهُ / فَلْيْسَ لِظَمْآنٍ إِلَيْهِ وُصُولُ
      wamā šaraqī bi-l-māʔi ʔillā taḏakkuran / limāʔin bihī ʔahlu l-ḥabībi nuzūlu
      yuḥarrimuhū lamʕu l-ʔasinnati fawqahū / falysa liẓamʔānin ʔilayhi wuṣūlu
      Water does not choke me except remembrance / It was for water that the Household of the Beloved descended
  6. to turn red (of dates, one's face, etc.)
  7. to become confused, to become mixed up (of a thing)
  8. to come (of discord, evil, etc.)
Conjugation

Etymology 2.2

Noun

شَرَق (šaraqm

  1. verbal noun of شَرِقَ (šariqa) (form I)
Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “شرق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Azerbaijani

Noun

شرق

  1. Arabic spelling of şərq

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ش ر ق
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic شَرْق (šarq).

Pronunciation

Noun

شرق (šargm

  1. east
    Antonym: غرب (ḡarb, west)
Coordinate terms
شَمَال غَرْب (šamāl ḡarb) شَمَال (šamāl) شَمَال شَرْق (šamāl šarg)
غَرْب (ḡarb) شَرْق (šarg)
جَنُوب غَرْب (janūb ḡarb) جَنُوب (janūb) جَنُوب شَرْق (janūb šarg)

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَرِقَ (šariqa).

Pronunciation

Verb

شرق (šarag) I (non-past يشرق (yišrag))

  1. to cause someone to choke (from food)
    شَرَقْت من الموية
    šaragt min al-mōya
    I choked because of the water
Usage notes

The passive voice اَنْشَرَق (anšarag) and its non-past يِنْشَرِق (yinšarig) are used by more speakers.

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ش ر ق
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic شَرْق (šarq).

Pronunciation

Noun

شرق (šarqm

  1. east

Derived terms

See also

(compass points)

شمال
غرب شرق
جنوب

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْق (šarq).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šarq
Dari reading? šarq
Iranian reading? šarğ
Tajik reading? šarq

Noun

شرق (šarq)

  1. east
    Synonym: خاور (xâvar)

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش ر ق
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic شَرْق (šarq).

Pronunciation

Noun

شرق (šarqm

  1. east

Derived terms

See also

(compass points)

شمال (šamāl)
غرب (ḡarb) شرق (šarq)
جنوب (janūb)