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 (meškât-hâ))

1. A niche for a lamp

   Synonym: چراغدان (čerâğdân)

   • 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

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Derived terms

• مشکات‌دان (meškât-dân) (rare)

Proper noun

مشکات • (meškât)

1. (rare) a surname. Meshkat