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Mushki

English

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Etymology

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From Akkadian [script needed] (Muški) Possibly identified with the Phrygians,[1] but theorized by some to be a tribe of Proto-Armenian or Proto-Kartvelian origin.[2] More at Mushki.

Compare Biblical Hebrew מֶשֶׁךְ (Mešeḵ).

Proper noun

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Mushki (uncountable)

  1. (historical) An Iron Age people of Anatolia who appear in Assyrian sources.

References

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  1. ^ Rostyslav Oreshko. The onager kings of Anatolia: Hartapus, Gordis, Muška and the steppe strand in early Phrygian culture. Kadmos, 2020, 59(1/2), pp.77-128. ffhal-03880045
  2. ^ Petrosyan, Armen (2002), The Indo-European and Ancient Near Eastern Sources of the Armenian Epic. pp.140, 146

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