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name
Surat Al-Falaq (Arabic: سورة الفلق) (Dawn, Daybreak), the 113th Sura of the Qur'an.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The beginning of the day; the first moment of daylight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: sunrise, sunlight, daylight, break of day, break of dawn, crack of dawn, dawn, ass crack of dawn, break, butt crack of dawn, cockcrow, daybreak, dayspring, first light, lauds, solrise, sparrow-fart, sun, sunrising, sunup
Antonyms: dusk, nightfall, cockshut, crepusculum, dark, dimmity, duckish, evenfall, mirkning, night, sun, sundown, sunset, vespers
noun
the first light of day
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hour, time of day
History
From day + break.
Across languages
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
