مشرق

Arabic

Etymology

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

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

Declension of noun مَشْرِق (mašriq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَشْرِق mašriq	الْمَشْرِق al-mašriq	مَشْرِق mašriq
Nominative	مَشْرِقٌ mašriqun	الْمَشْرِقُ al-mašriqu	مَشْرِقُ mašriqu
Accusative	مَشْرِقًا mašriqan	الْمَشْرِقَ al-mašriqa	مَشْرِقَ mašriqa
Genitive	مَشْرِقٍ mašriqin	الْمَشْرِقِ al-mašriqi	مَشْرِقِ mašriqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَشْرِقَيْن mašriqayn	الْمَشْرِقَيْن al-mašriqayn	مَشْرِقَيْ mašriqay
Nominative	مَشْرِقَانِ mašriqāni	الْمَشْرِقَانِ al-mašriqāni	مَشْرِقَا mašriqā
Accusative	مَشْرِقَيْنِ mašriqayni	الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ al-mašriqayni	مَشْرِقَيْ mašriqay
Genitive	مَشْرِقَيْنِ mašriqayni	الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ al-mašriqayni	مَشْرِقَيْ mašriqay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَشَارِق mašāriq	الْمَشَارِق al-mašāriq	مَشَارِق mašāriq
Nominative	مَشَارِقُ mašāriqu	الْمَشَارِقُ al-mašāriqu	مَشَارِقُ mašāriqu
Accusative	مَشَارِقَ mašāriqa	الْمَشَارِقَ al-mašāriqa	مَشَارِقَ mašāriqa
Genitive	مَشَارِقَ mašāriqa	الْمَشَارِقِ al-mašāriqi	مَشَارِقِ mašāriqi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məşriq
• → Chagatai: مشرق
  • Uzbek: mashriq
• → Georgian: მაშრიყი (mašriq̇i)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मशरिक़ (maśriq)

  Urdu: مَشْرِق (maśriq)

• → Ottoman Turkish: مشرق (meşrıḳ)
  • Turkish: meşrik
• → Pashto: مشرق
• → Persian: مشرق (mašreq)
• → Punjabi: مَشْرِق (maśriq)
• → Swahili: mashariki

Proper noun

مَشْرِق • (mašriq) m

1. Mashriq

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْرِق (mašriq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maʃ.ˈɾiq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʃ.ɾɪ́q]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʃ.ɾɪ́q]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäʃ.ɾɪ́q]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäʃ.ɾíq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʃ.ɹéɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʃ.ɾíq]

Readings
Classical reading?	mašriq
Dari reading?	mašriq
Iranian reading?	mašreğ
Tajik reading?	mašriq

Noun

Dari	مشرق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	машриқ

مشرق • (mašreq)

1. the east, the East

   Synonym: شرق (šarq)

Derived terms

• مشرقی (mašreqi)

Urdu

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) ? (Hindi spelling मश्रिक़)

1. east

   Synonym: پُورَب (pūrab)