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مشک

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See also: مسك and م س ك

Baluchi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.

Noun

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مشک (mušk)

  1. mouse
  2. rat

See also

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Central Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *múHs, Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs, From Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Northern Kurdish mişk

مشک (mişk)

  1. mouse

Derived terms

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References

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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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

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Readings
Classical reading? mušk
Dari reading? mušk
Iranian reading? mošk, mešk
Tajik reading? mušk

Noun

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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.
Descendants
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Compare Northern Kurdish mişk.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Iranian reading? mošk

Noun

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مشک (mošk)

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mašk
Dari reading? mašk
Iranian reading? mašk
Tajik reading? mašk

Noun

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مشک (mašk) (plural مشک‌ها (mašk-hâ))

  1. waterskin, mussuck
Descendants
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References

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

Southwestern Fars

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Noun

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مشک (mošk)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) mouse

Urdu

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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مُشْک (muśkm (Hindi spelling मुश्क)

  1. musk

Ushojo

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Etymology

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From Urdu مشک (mušk).

Noun

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مشک (mušk)

  1. musk, a medicine