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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