مشرق

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb شَرْق‎ (šarq, “east”), from the 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 ʾibrāhīmu faʾinna l-laha yaʾtī bi-š-šamsi mina l-mašriqi faʾti 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

• → Swahili: mashariki

Proper noun

مَشْرِق • (mašriq) m

1. Mashriq

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْرِق‎ (mašriq).

Noun

مشرق • (mašreq)

1. east
2. East

Synonyms

• شرق‎ (šarq)

Derived terms

• مشرقی‎ (mašreqi)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian.

Noun

مشرق • (maśriq) ?

1. east