موش

See also: موس

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːʃ/

Proper noun

مُوش • (mūš) ?

  1. Mush (the capital city of Mush province, Turkey)
  2. Mush (a province of Turkey)

Karakhanid

Etymology

Uncertain, according to Clauson, a borrowing. Similarity to Persian موش (muš, mouse) is a coincidence.[1] compare with Uyghur مۈشۈك (müshük) and Uzbek mushuk.

Noun

موُشْ (mǖš)

  1. (Chigil) cat
    اُلْدَجىِ سِجْغانْ موُشْ تَشَقىِ قَشِرْÖldečī sïčğān mǖš tašaqï̄ qašïr.The dying rat scratches the cat's testicles.

References

  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “mü:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 772

Further reading

Khowar

Etymology

From Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔɕ/

Noun

موش (moš)

  1. man, husband
    جم موش نو چنگیر
    jam moš na cangir
    A good man doesn't lie

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian موش (muš, mouse).

Noun

موش • (muş)

  1. mouse, any small rodent of the genus Mus
    Synonyms: صیچان (sıçan), فار (far)
  2. rat, a medium-sized rodent of the genus Rattus
  3. (in general) rodent, a mammal of the order Rodentia
    Synonym: كمریجی (kemirici)
Derived terms
  • موش خرما (muş-i hurma, polecat)
  • موش دشتی (muş-i deşti, harvest mouse)
  • موش دوپا (muş-i düpa, jerboa)
  • موش سلطانیه (muş-i sultaniye, dormouse)
  • موش كور (muş-i kur, mole)
  • موش پرنده (muş-i perende, bat)
  • موشك (muşek, little mouse)
Descendants
  • Turkish: muş

Further reading

Etymology 2

Muş province

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

موش • (Muş)

  1. Muş (a city and province in Central East Anatolia, Turkey)
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

موش

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mūš
Dari reading? mūš
Iranian reading? muš
Tajik reading? muš
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/, Mouse, rat), from Proto-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. Cognate with English mouse.

Noun

Dari موش
Iranian Persian
Tajik муш

موش • (muš) (plural موش‌ها (muš-hâ))

  1. mouse; rat
    دم موشdom-e mušmouse tail; rat tail
  2. cutie; someone cute
    موشیmuš-iyou're a cutie
  3. Synonym of ماوس (mâus, computer mouse).
Derived terms
  • تله‌موش (tale-muš, mousetrap)
  • موشواره (mušvâre, computer mouse)
  • موشک (mušak, missile)
  • موشی (muši)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Armenian Մուշ (Muš).

Proper noun

موش • (muš)

  1. Mush (the capital city of Mush province, Turkey)
  2. Mush (a province of Turkey)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mušk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 57
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