مشک

See also: مسك and م س ك

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.

Noun

مشک • (mušk)

  1. mouse
  2. rat

See also

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məʃk/

Noun

مشک (mişk)

  1. mouse

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian mwšk' (mušk, musk), from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka). Compare Old Armenian մուշկ (mušk), Old Georgian მუშკი (mušḳi), Iranian borrowings and also English musk.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mušk
Dari reading? mušk
Iranian reading? mošk, mešk
Tajik reading? mušk

Noun

مشک • (mošk)

  1. musk
    • 1259, Saadi Shirazi, Gulistan; also a Persian proverb:
      • مشک آن است که خود ببوید، نه آنکه عطار بگوید.
        mošk ân ast ke xod bebuyad, na ânke 'attâr beguyad.
        [The good] musk is the one which smells by itself, not by the words [compliments] of the perfumer.
Descendants
Descendants

Etymology 2

Compare Northern Kurdish mişk.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? mošk

Noun

مشک • (mošk)

  1. (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) mouse

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian mšk' (mašk, mussuck, skin bag), from Old Persian 𐎶𐏁𐎣𐎠 (maškā-, (inflated cow) skin), ultimately Semitic borrowing; compare Proto-Semitic *mašk-.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mašk
Dari reading? mašk
Iranian reading? mašk
Tajik reading? mašk

Noun

مشک • (mašk) (plural مشک‌ها (mašk-hâ))

  1. waterskin, mussuck
Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “¹mašk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 55

Southwestern Fars

Noun

مشک (mošk)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) mouse

Urdu

Pronunciation

Noun

مُشْک • (muśk) m (Hindi spelling मुश्क)

  1. musk

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu مشک (mušk).

Noun

مشک (mušk)

  1. musk, a medicine
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