مشرق

Etymology

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

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 llaḏī 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

Proper noun

مَشْرِق • (mašriq) m

1. Mashriq

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْرِق (mašriq).

Pronunciation

Noun

مشرق • (mašreq)

1. the east, the East

   Synonym: شرق (šarq)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məʃ.ɾɪq/

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• Rhymes: -ɪq

Noun

مَشْرِق • (maśriq) m (Hindi spelling मश्रिक़)

1. east

   Synonym: پُورَب (pūrab)