Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic إِشْرَاق (ʔišrāq).

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Readings
Classical reading? išrāq
Dari reading? išrāq
Iranian reading? ešrâğ
Tajik reading? išroq

Noun

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اشراق (ešrâq)

  1. luster; splendor; brilliance; illumination
  2. (literary) dawn; daybreak
  3. (philosophy) in the metaphysics of Suhrawardi, a cosmic light which permeates the essence of things

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Adjective

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اشراق (iśrāq) (Hindi spelling इश्राक़)

  1. orient

Noun

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اشراق (iśrāqm (Hindi spelling इश्राक़)

  1. dawn, daybreak, lustre