شرق

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃarq/

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Noun

شَرْق • (šarq) m

1. east; Orient

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) اِتِّجَاهَات الْبَوْصَلَةِ (ittijāhāt al-bawṣalati);

شَمَال غَرْبِيّ (šamāl ḡarbiyy)	شَمَال (šamāl)	شَمَال شَرْقِيّ (šamāl šarqiyy)
غَرْب (ḡarb)		شَرْق (šarq)
جَنُوب غَرْبِيّ (janūb ḡarbiyy)	جَنُوب (janūb)	جَنُوب شَرْقِيّ (janūb šarqiyy)

Verb

شَرَقَ • (šaraqa) I (non-past يَشْرُقُ (yašruqu), verbal noun شَرْق (šarq) or شُرُوق (šurūq))

1. to rise (of the sun)
2. to shine
3. to become tall (of a tree, etc.)

Verb

شَرِقَ • (šariqa) I (non-past يَشْرَقُ (yašraqu), verbal noun شَرَق (šaraq))

1. to become lit from the sun (of a place)
2. to become dry due to lack of irrigation (of land)
3. to become full and cramped (of a space)
4. to appear (in one's eye, of blood; i.e. the eyes become bloodshot)
5. to choke [with بِ (bi) ‘on something’]
   • Al-Mutanabbi :

     وَمَا شَرَقِي بِالْمَاءِ إِلَّا تَذَكُّرًا / لِمَاءٍ بِهِ أَهْلُ الْحَبِيبِ نُزُولُ
     يُحَرِّمُهُ لَمْعُ الْأَسِنَّةِ فَوْقَهُ / فَلْيْسَ لِظَمْآنٍ إِلَيْهِ وُصُولُ

     wamā šaraqī bi-l-māʔi ʔillā taḏakkuran / limāʔin bihī ʔahlu l-ḥabībi nuzūlu
     yuḥarrimuhū lamʕu l-ʔasinnati fawqahū / falysa liẓamʔānin ʔilayhi wuṣūlu

     Water does not choke me except [at the time of] remembrance / It was for water that the Household of the Beloved descended

6. to turn red (of dates, one's face, etc.)
7. to become confused, to become mixed up (of a thing)
8. to come [with مَا بَينَ ‘between people’] (of discord, evil, etc.)

Noun

شَرَق • (šaraq) m

1. verbal noun of شَرِقَ (šariqa) (form I)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃarɡ/

Noun

شرق • (šarg) m

1. east

   Antonym: غرب (ḡarb, “west”)

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) اِتِّجَاهَات الْبوصَلَة (ittijāhāt al-būṣala);

شَمَال غَرْب (šamāl ḡarb)	شَمَال (šamāl)	شَمَال شَرْق (šamāl šarg)
غَرْب (ḡarb)		شَرْق (šarg)
جَنُوب غَرْب (janūb ḡarb)	جَنُوب (janūb)	جَنُوب شَرْق (janūb šarg)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.raɡ/

Verb

شرق • (šarag) I (non-past يشرق (yišrag))

1. to cause someone to choke (from food)

   شَرَقْت من الموية

   šaragt min al-mōya

   I choked because of the water

Derived terms

• شرقي (šarqi, “eastern”)

See also

(compass points)

	شمال (šamāl)
غرب (ḡarb)		شرق (šarq)
	جنوب (janūb)

Derived terms

• شرقی (šarqi)

Derived terms

• شرقي (šarʔi, “eastern”)

See also

(compass points)

	شمال (šamāl)
غرب (ḡarb)		شرق (šarq)
	جنوب (janūb)