مشرق

Arabic

Etymology

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

  • → Swahili: mashariki

Proper noun

مَشْرِق • (mašriq) m

  1. Mashriq

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْرِق‎ (mašriq).

Noun

مشرق • (mašreq)

  1. east
  2. East

Synonyms

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

مَشْرِق • (maśriq) ? (Hindi spelling मशरिक़)

  1. east
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