Persian edit

Etymology edit

From مشرق (mašreq) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? mašriqī
Dari reading? mašriqī
Iranian reading? mašreği
Tajik reading? mašriqī

Adjective edit

Dari مشرقی
Iranian Persian
Tajik машриқӣ

مشرقی (mašreqi)

  1. eastern
  2. Eastern
    • 2001, Shadmehr Aghili, “Par-e Parvaz”, in Par-e Parvaz:
      منم و یه آسمون بی دریغ
      منم و یه کوره راه ناگزیر
      ای ستاره شبای مشرقی
      پر پرواز منو ازم نگیر
      There's me and a generous sky,
      there's me and an inevitable dead end.
      O, star of the Eastern nights,
      don't take away my wings to fly.

Synonyms edit