شفق

shafaq (inf. n. of شفق 'to fear'; 'to be compassionate,' etc.), s.m. (f.?) Fear;—affection, kindness, etc. (=shafaqat, q.v.);—the redness of the sky between sunset and nightfall, evening twilight:—shafaq phūlnā, v.n. Twilight to come on:—shafaq-ě-shimālī, s.f. The northern lights, the aurora borealis.