Type Word Usage Arabic Scripts شفق (Arabic) Meaning & History Arabic word meaning "to pity, to sympathize" [1] . Related ItemsFamily Tree ·Details Given Name DescendantsShefqet (Albanian) Ashfaq, Ishfaq, Shafaqat, Shafiq, Shafiqa (Arabic) Shafiq (Bengali) Shafiq (Malay) Şevket (Turkish) Ashfaq, Ishfaq, Shafiq (Urdu) Sources & ReferencesShow Inline Numbers Hide Inline Numbers Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 559. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Entry updated May 26, 2026