Burak

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/buˈɾak/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Ottomaans-Turks: براق

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).