مشرق

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Arabic

Etymology

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

Root
ش ر ق (š r q)
9 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

مَشْرِق (mašriqm (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 llaḏī 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 (mašriqm

  1. Mashriq

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْرِق (mašriq).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

مَشْرِق (maśriqm (Hindi spelling मश्रिक़)

  1. east
    Synonym: پُورَب (pūrab)