مشک
Baluchi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.
Noun edit
مشک • (mušk)
See also edit
- موشک (múšk)
Central Kurdish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
مشک (mişk)
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [muʃk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [moʃkʲ], [meʃkʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [muʃk]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | mušk |
Dari reading? | mušk |
Iranian reading? | mošk, mešk |
Tajik reading? | mušk |
Noun edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Compare Northern Kurdish mişk.
Pronunciation edit
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [moʃkʲ]
Readings | |
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Iranian reading? | mošk |
Noun edit
مشک • (mošk)
- (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) mouse
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle Persian mšk' (mašk, “mussuck, skin bag”), from Old Persian 𐎶𐏁𐎣𐎠 (maškā-, “(inflated cow) skin”), ultimately Semitic borrowing; compare Proto-Semitic *mašk-.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [maʃk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæʃkʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäʃk]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | mašk |
Dari reading? | mašk |
Iranian reading? | mašk |
Tajik reading? | mašk |
Noun edit
مشک • (mašk) (plural مشکها (mašk-hâ))
Descendants edit
- → Hindustani:
- → Punjabi:
References edit
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “¹mašk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 55
Southwestern Fars edit
Noun edit
مشک (mošk)
- (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) mouse
Urdu edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊʃk/
- Rhymes: -ʊʃk
Noun edit
Ushojo edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
مشک (mušk)