şafak

Significado (Inglés)

  1. dawn, or the light just before daybreak
  2. (slang) The morning of the last day of compulsory military service when a conscript gets released.
  3. (broadly, slang) The number of mornings until the last one of one's compulsory service.

Conceptos

crepúsculo matutino

salida del sol

Sinónimos

güneşin doğuşu

ağarma

gün doğuşu

Frecuencia

C1
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ʃɑˈfɑk/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شفق (şefak, şafak), from Arabic شَفَق (šafaq, “twilight, dusk”). The meaning shifted from dusk to dawn in Ottoman times.

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