مشکات

Persian
FWOTD – 20 September 2015

Alternative forms
  • ⁧مشکاة⁩ (meškât)
  • ⁧مشکوة⁩ (meškât)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. A niche for a lamp
    • 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
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • ⁧مشکات‌دان⁩ (meškât-dân) (rare)

Proper noun

⁧مشکات⁩ • (meškât)

  1. (rare) a surname. Meshkat
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