غداة

• غُدْوَة (ḡudwa)

IPA^(key): /ɣa.daːh/

غَدَاة • (ḡadāh) f (plural غَدَوَات (ḡadawāt))

1. daybreak, dawn, early morning

   Synonyms: فَجْر (fajr), فَلَق (falaq), (archaic) صُبْح (ṣubḥ), (literary) بُكْرَة (bukra)

   Coordinate term: عَشِيِّ (ʕašiyyi)

   • 1946, Ahmed Shawqi, سلوا قلبي [Ask my heart]:

     سَلُوا قَلْبِي غَدَاةَ سَلَا وَثَابَا
     لَعَلَّ عَلَى ٱلْجَمَالِ لَهُ عِتَابًا
     وَيُسْأَلُ فِي ٱلْحَوَادِثِ ذُو صَوَابٍ
     فَهَلْ تَرَكَ ٱلْجَمَالُ لَهُ صَوَابًا

     salū qalbī ḡadāta salā waṯābā
     laʕalla ʕalā l-jamāli lahu ʕitāban
     wayusʔalu fī l-ḥawādiṯi ḏū ṣawābin
     fahal taraka l-jamālu lahu ṣawāban

     Ask my heart the early morning it forgets and returns to its previous state
     Perhaps towards the beautiful one it has some reproach
     Only wise people are supposed to be asked
     Did the beauty leave any wisdom to it

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:52:

     وَلَا تَطْرُدِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ

     ˹O Prophet!˺ Do not dismiss those ˹poor believers˺ who invoke their Lord morning and evening, seeking His pleasure.