موسی

See also: موسى and موسي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).

Proper noun

موسی • (musa)

1. (Islam) Moses, the patriarch who led the Hebrews out of Egypt

Derived terms

• موسوی (musevi, “Mosaic; Jewish, Israelite”)
• موسی آغاجی (musa ağacı, “boxthorn”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: Musa

Further reading

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• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “موسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1246
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “موسی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 5025
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2030

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā, “razor, blade”).

Noun

موسی • (musa) (plural مواسی (mevasi))

1. razor, a keen-edged knife used in shaving the hair

   Synonym: اوستره (ustura)

Descendants

• Turkish: musa

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “musa3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3312
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Novacula”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1151
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “موسی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 5025
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2030

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), from Biblical Hebrew.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muː.ˈsɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [muː.sɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [muː.sɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [muː.sɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [muː.sɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	mūsā
Iranian reading?	musâ
Tajik reading?	muso

Proper noun

Dari	موسی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Мусо

موسی • (musâ)

1. (Islam) Moses
2. a male given name from Arabic

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), from Biblical Hebrew.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /muː.sɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

مُوسیٰ • (mūsā) m (Hindi spelling मूसा)

1. (Islam) Moses
2. a male given name from Arabic.