طلوع

Arabic

Root
ط ل ع (ṭ l ʕ)
11 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of طَلَعَ (ṭalaʕa) and طَلِعَ (ṭaliʕa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˤu.luːʕ/

Noun

طُلُوع • (ṭulūʕ) m

verbal noun of طَلَعَ (ṭalaʕa) (form I)
verbal noun of طَلِعَ (ṭaliʕa) (form I)
rise of a celestial body; (especially) sunrise
Antonym: غُرُوب (ḡurūb, “sunset”)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:130:
  فَاصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا
  fāṣbir ʕalā mā yaqūlūna wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʕi aš-šamsi waqabla ḡurūbihā
  So be patient ˹O Prophet˺ with what they say. And glorify the praises of your Lord before sunrise and before sunset.

Declension

Declension of noun **طُلُوع** (ṭulūʕ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	طُلُوع ṭulūʕ	الطُّلُوع aṭ-ṭulūʕ	طُلُوع ṭulūʕ
nominative	طُلُوعٌ ṭulūʕun	الطُّلُوعُ aṭ-ṭulūʕu	طُلُوعُ ṭulūʕu
accusative	طُلُوعًا ṭulūʕan	الطُّلُوعَ aṭ-ṭulūʕa	طُلُوعَ ṭulūʕa
genitive	طُلُوعٍ ṭulūʕin	الطُّلُوعِ aṭ-ṭulūʕi	طُلُوعِ ṭulūʕi

Descendants

Maltese: tlugħ
→ Persian: طلوع (tolu')
- → Urdu: طلوع (tulū')
→ Ottoman Turkish: طلوع
- → Turkish: tulû

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُلُوع (ṭulūʕ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tu.ˈluːʔ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.lóːʔ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.lúː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.lú]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰo.lúːʔ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.lúʔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tulū'
Dari reading^?	tulō'
Iranian reading^?	tolu'
Tajik reading^?	tulu'

Noun

طلوع • (tulū' / tolu') (Tajik spelling тулуъ)

rise of a celestial body; (especially) sunrise
Antonym: غروب (ġorub, “sunset”)
- late 1100s, Rashīd-ud-Dīn Waṭwāṭ, “Panegyric 87”, in دیوان وطواط‎^[1]:
  اختر اقبال تو دارد طلوع بی غروب
  بادهٔ افضال تو دارد نشاط بی خمار
  axtar-i iqbāl-i tu dārad tulū' bē ġurūb
  bāda-yi afzāl-i tu dārad nišāt bē xumār
  The star of your fortune has a rise with no setting;
  The wine of your favors has pleasure with no hangover.
  (Classical transliteration)

Derived terms

طلوع کردن (tolu' kardan, “(of the sun) to rise”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tulū'), from Arabic طُلُوع (ṭulūʕ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊ.luː(ʔ)/

Noun

طُلُوع • (tulū') m (Hindi spelling तुलू)

sunrise, moonrise

References

“طلوع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“طلوع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.