şafak
Meaning
- dawn, or the light just before daybreak
- (slang) The morning of the last day of compulsory military service when a conscript gets released.
- (broadly, slang) The number of mornings until the last one of one's compulsory service.
Concepts
Translations
alba
morgenlicht aurora
aurora
aurore
elind
Aurora berbang spêde
auroraFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃɑˈfɑk/
Etymology
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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