Burak

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  1. The celestial mount on whose back prophet Muhammad travelled to Heaven on his Night Journey.
  2. a male given name

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/buˈɾak/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish براق (burāḳ, “the flashing steed, name of the courser that carried Muhammed, in his night-journey (معراج (miʿrāc)) from Mekka to Jerusalem, and thence to Heaven, in an instant”), from Arabic البُرَاق (al-burāq).

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