مصباح

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Tool noun from the root ص ب ح (ṣ-b-ḥ); compare صَبْح (ṣabḥ, dawn).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /misˤ.baːħ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥm (plural مَصَابِيح (maṣābīḥ))

  1. lamp
    • 7th century CE, The Quran[1]:
      مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ
      maṯalu nūrihi kamiškātin fīhā miṣbāḥun
      The likeness of his light is like a niche with a lamp in it.
  2. headlight (of a car)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Maltese: musbieħ
  • Persian: مصباح (mesbâh) (obsolete)

References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صبح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ, lamp, light).

Noun

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مصباح (mısbah) (plural مصابیح)

  1. lamp, especially an oil lamp
    Synonyms: چراغ (çirag), سراج (sirac), قندیل (kandil), لامپه (lampa)
  2. sort of large bowl for wine

Descendants

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Further reading

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