موش

See also: موس

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːʃ/

Proper noun

مُوش • (mūš) ?

1. Mush (the capital city of Mush province, Turkey)
2. Mush (a province of Turkey)

Karakhanid

Etymology

Uncertain, according to Clauson, a borrowing. Similarity to Persian موش (muš, “mouse”) is a coincidence. compare with Uyghur مۈشۈك (müshük) and Uzbek mushuk.

Noun

موُشْ (mǖš)

1. (Chigil) cat

   اُلْدَجىِ سِجْغانْ موُشْ تَشَقىِ قَشِرْ ― Öldečī sïčğān mǖš tašaqï̄ qašïr. ― The dying rat scratches the cat's testicles.

Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 127
• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Ercilasun, Ahmet B., Akkoyunlu Ziyat, transl., Kâşgarlı Mahmud Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Giriş - Metin - Çeviri - Notlar - Dizin [Mahmud al-Kashgari's “Compendium of the languages of the Turks” Introduction - Texts - Translation - Notes - Index] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1120) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 2020, →ISBN, page 399

Khowar

Etymology

From Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔɕ/

Noun

موش (moš)

1. man, husband

   جم موش نو چنگیر

   jam moš na cangir

   A good man doesn't lie

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian موش (muš, “mouse”).

Noun

موش • (muş)

1. mouse, any small rodent of the genus Mus

   Synonyms: صیچان (sıçan), فار (far)

2. rat, a medium-sized rodent of the genus Rattus
3. (in general) rodent, a mammal of the order Rodentia

   Synonym: كمریجی (kemirici)

Derived terms

• موش خرما (muş-i hurma, “polecat”)
• موش دشتی (muş-i deşti, “harvest mouse”)
• موش دوپا (muş-i düpa, “jerboa”)
• موش سلطانیه (muş-i sultaniye, “dormouse”)
• موش كور (muş-i kur, “mole”)
• موش پرنده (muş-i perende, “bat”)
• موشك (muşek, “little mouse”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: muş

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “muş3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3319
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mûş”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 823
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “موش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1246
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Mus”, 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^[3], Vienna, column 1107
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “موش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 5025
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2032

Etymology 2

Muş province

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

موش • (Muş)

1. Muş (a city and province in Central East Anatolia, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Muş

Further reading

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• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Muş”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Muş”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[6], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 567

Persian

موش

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [muːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [muːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [muːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [muːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mūš
Dari reading?	mūš
Iranian reading?	muš
Tajik reading?	muš

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/, “Mouse, rat”), from Proto-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. Cognate with English mouse.

Noun

Dari	موش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	муш

موش • (muš) (plural موش‌ها (muš-hâ))

1. mouse; rat

   دم موش ― dom-e muš ― mouse tail; rat tail

2. cutie; someone cute

   موشی ― muš-i ― you're a cutie

3. Synonym of ماوس (mâus, “computer mouse”).

Derived terms

• تله‌موش (tale-muš, “mousetrap”)
• موشواره (mušvâre, “computer mouse”)
• موشک (mušak, “missile”)
• موشی (muši)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Armenian Մուշ (Muš).

Proper noun

موش • (muš)

1. Mush (the capital city of Mush province, Turkey)
2. Mush (a province of Turkey)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mušk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 57