صراط

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Arabic

Etymology

Variant of سِرَاط (sirāṭ). From Classical Syriac ܐܣܛܪܛ (ˀesṭrāṭ), from Latin strāta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤi.raːtˤ/, /si.raːtˤ/
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Noun

صِرَاط (ṣirāṭm (plural صُرُط (ṣuruṭ))

  1. path, way, road
    Synonyms: طَرِيق (ṭarīq), سَبِيل (sabīl)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 1:6:
      اِهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
      ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭa l-mustaqīma
      Guide us to the straight path

Declension

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: صراط (sırat)
  • Persian: صراط (serât)

References

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