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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِشْكَاة (miškāh), from Ge'ez መስኮት, መሥኮት (mäskot, mäśkot).
Pronunciation
Noun
مشکات • (meškât) (plural مشکاتها (meškât-hâ))
- A niche for a lamp
- Synonym: چراغدان (čerâğdân)
- Rumi, Masnavi
چشمشان مشکوة دان دلشان زجاج
تافته بر غرش و افلاک این سراج- čašmišân miškât-dân, dil-šân zujâj
tâfta bar arš u aflâk în sirâj - (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
Proper noun
مشکات • (meškât)
- (rare) a surname. Meshkat