Alborak

[ ahl-baw-rahk, -boo- ]

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noun

, Islam.

Origin of Alborak¹

< Arabic al-Buraq < Aramaic bārag, barqā mount of the Messiah < Pahlavi bārak a fabulous steed

The owner-captain of the Alborak had something to add, when he brought his ship in six months later.

He was, as it were, riding on the back of Alborak into the Seventh Heaven of satisfaction.

Alborak, a wonderful horse of Mahomet, an impersonation of the lightning as his steed.

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