𐡌𐡎𐡂𐡃𐡀

Aramaic

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb 𐡎𐡂𐡃 (sgd, “to bow down”)

Noun

𐡌𐡎𐡂𐡃𐡀 • (msgdʾ /masgəḏā/) m (Imperial Aramaic)

place of worship

Descendants

Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢓𐢖𐢄𐢅𐢀 (msgdʾ)
→ Arabic: مَسْجِد (masjid)
- Gulf Arabic: مسيد (masyid)
- → Amharic: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
- → Central Kurdish: مزگەوت (mizgewt), مِزگِت (mizgit) — Ardalani
- Northern Kurdish: mizgeft
- → Classical Syriac: ܡܣܓܕܐ (masgḏā)
- → English: masjid
- → Japanese: マスジド
- → Sundanese: masigit
- → Javanese: mesjid
  - → Indonesian: mesjid
  - → Dutch: mesdjid
- → Kimaragang: mosigid
- → Malay: masjid
  - Indonesian: masjid
- → Middle Persian: [script needed] (mzgt' /⁠mazgit⁠/)
  - Classical Persian: مزگت (mazgit)
    - → Southern Altai: мечет (mečet)
    - → Old Armenian: մզկիթ (mzkitʻ)
      - Middle Armenian: մզկիթ (mzkitʻ), մզգիթ (mzgitʻ), մսքիթ (mskʻitʻ), մզքիթ (mzkʻitʻ)
        Armenian: մզկիթ (mzkitʻ)
    - → Avar: мажгит (mažgit)
    - → Bashkir: мәсет (məset)
    - → Chechen: маьждиг (mäždig)
    - → Crimean Tatar: mescit
    - → Dargwa: мижит (mižit)
    - → Georgian: მეჩეთი (mečeti)
    - → Lak: мизит (mizit)
    - → Ingush: маьждиг (mäždig)
    - → Kazakh: мешіт (meşıt)
    - → Nogai: мешит (meşit)
    - → Tatar: мәчет (mäçet)
      - → Russian: мече́ть (mečétʹ)
        → Lithuanian: mečètė
        → Ukrainian: мече́ть (mečétʹ)
        → Polish: meczet
        → Yiddish: מעטשעט (metshet)
- → Classical Persian: مسجد (masjid)
  - Tajik: масҷид (masjid)
  - → Azerbaijani: məscid
  - → Bengali: মসজিদ (mosjid)
  - → Gujarati: મસ્જિદ (masjid), મસીદ (masīd), મસીત (masīt)
  - → Hindustani:
    → Hindi: मस्जिद (masjid)
    → Urdu: مسجد (masjid)
  - → Kannada: ಮಸೀದಿ (masīdi)
  - → Magahi: 𑂧𑂯𑂔𑂱𑂠 (mahjid)
  - → Marathi: मस्जिद (masjid), मशीद (maśīd)
  - → Marwari: मसीत (masīt), मसीद (masīd)
  - → Nepali: मस्जिद (masjid)
  - Newar: masjida
  Devanagari script: मस्जिद
  Newa script: 𑐩𑐳𑑂𑐖𑐶𑐡
  - → Northern Kurdish: mescîd, mizgeft
    → Lishana Deni: מזגפת (məzgaft(e))
  - → Ottoman Turkish: مسجد
    - Turkish: mescit
    - → Hungarian: mecset
  - → Old Punjabi: مَسِیت (masīti)
    - Punjabi: masīt
      Gurmukhi script: ਮਸੀਤ
      Shahmukhi script: مَسِیت
  - → Tamil: மஸ்ஜித் (masjit)
  - → Telugu: మస్జిద్ (masjid)
  - → Turkmen: metjit
  - → Uzbek: masjid, machit
- → Swahili: msikiti
  - → Kamba: mũsikiti
  - → Luganda: omuzikiti
  - → Rwanda-Rundi: umusigiti
  - → Yao: msikiti
    - → Chichewa: mzikiti
- → Hebrew: מִסְגָּד (misgā́d) (calque)
- → Portuguese: Magide
- → Thai: มัสยิด (mát-sà-yít)
- Medieval Latin: meschita
  - Spanish: mezquita
    - → Italian: moschea
      - → French: mosquée
        Haitian Creole: moske
        → English: mosque
        → German: Moschee
        → Lower Sorbian: mošeja
        → Malagasy: moske
        → Romanian: moschee
        → Norwegian Bokmål: moské
        → Norwegian Nynorsk: moské
  - Portuguese: mesquita
- Ancient Greek: μασγίδιον (masgídion)
→ Berber:
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵉⵎⴻⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ (timezgida)
- Northern Saharan Berber: taməzgida (Figuig, Wargla), tamǝzǧida, tamǝǧǧida, tamǝždida (Mzab)
- Nefusa: tmǝzgidá
- Siwi: amǝzdǝg
- Tamahaq: tamăžžida
- Tawellemmet: tamǝzgidda
- Tarifit: tamziyda, ṯamǝzḏiya (Iznasen)
- Tashelhit: ⵜⵉⵎⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ (timzgida)
→ Byzantine Greek: μασγίδα (masgída), μασγίδιον (masgídion)
→ Catalan: mesquita
- →? Occitan: mosqueta, mosquèa
→ Ge'ez: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
- → Amharic: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
- → Harari: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
- → Tigrinya: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
→ Italian: moschea
- → Czech: mešita
- → Old French: mosque
  - French: mosquée
  - → Breton: moskeenn
  - → English: mosque
    - → Irish: mosc
    - → Japanese: モスク
    - → Korean: 모스크 (moseukeu)
    - → Scottish Gaelic: mosg
    - → Welsh: mosg
  - → Danish: moské
    - → Faroese: moska
      - → Icelandic: moska
  - → Norwegian: moské
  - → Swedish: moské
    - → Finnish: moskeija
- → German: Moschee
  - → Estonian: mošee
  - → Latvian: mošeja
- → Ligurian: moschêa
- → Luxembourgish: Moschee
- → Maltese: moskea
- → Dutch: moskee
- → Rutul: мездик
- → Serbo-Croatian: (or from German)
  - Latin script: mošéja
  - Cyrillic script: моше́ја
- → Slovene: mošêja (or from German)
- → Slovak: mešita
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: mesquita
- → Galician: mesquita
- → Portuguese: mesquita
→ Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩪𐩴𐩵 (ms¹gd)
→ Sicilian: muschea
→ Spanish: mezquita
- → Asturian: mezquita
- → English: mezquita

References

“msgd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–