مشک
Baluchi
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.
See also
- موشک (múšk)
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [muʃk]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊʃk]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mʊʃk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [muʃk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [moʃkʲ], [meʃkʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [muʃk]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | mušk |
Dari reading? | mušk |
Iranian reading? | mošk, mešk |
Tajik reading? | mušk |
Noun
مشک • (mošk)
- 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.
- 1259, Saadi Shirazi, Gulistan; also a Persian proverb:
Descendants
Etymology 2
Compare Northern Kurdish mişk.
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [maʃk]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäʃk]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mäʃk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mäʃk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæʃkʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäʃk]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | mašk |
Dari reading? | mašk |
Iranian reading? | mašk |
Tajik reading? | mašk |
Descendants
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “¹mašk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 55
Southwestern Fars
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊʃk/
- Rhymes: -ʊʃk
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