مشکات

Persian

FWOTD – 20 September 2015

Alternative forms

  • مشکاة (meškât)
  • مشکوة (meškât)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Iran) IPA(key): [meʃˈkʰɒːtʰ]

Noun

مشکات • (meškât) (plural مشکات‌ها)

  1. A niche for a lamp
    Synonym: چراغدان (čerâġdân)
    • 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)

Derived terms

  • مشکات‌دان (meškât-dân) (rare)

Proper noun

مشکات • (meškât)

  1. (rare) a surname, Meshkat
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