مشک

See also: مسك and م س ك

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BaluchiEdit

NounEdit

مشک • (mušk)

1. mouse
2. rat

See alsoEdit

• موشک‏ (múšk)

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PersianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Persian mwšk' (mušk, “musk”). Compare Old Armenian մուշկ (mušk), an Iranian borrowing.

NounEdit

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.

Etymology 2Edit

Compare Kurdish mişk.

NounEdit

مشک • (mošk)

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

Etymology 3Edit

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

NounEdit

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

1. waterskin, mussuck

ReferencesEdit

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

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UrduEdit

NounEdit

مشک • (mushk) m

1. musk