مشکات

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مِشْكَاة (miškāh), from Ge'ez መስኮት, መሥኮት (mäskot, mäśkot).

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Noun

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مشکات (meškât) (plural مشکات‌ها (meškât-hâ))

  1. A niche for a lamp
    Synonym: چراغدان (čerâğdân)
    • Rumi, Masnavi
      چشمشان مشکوة دان دلشان زجاج
      تافته بر غرش و افلاک این سراج
      čašmišân miškât-dân, dil-šân zujâj
      tâfta bar arš u aflâk în sirâj
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Proper noun

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مشکات (meškât)

  1. (rare) a surname. Meshkat