मुष्क

See also: मूषक and मूषिक

Sanskrit

Etymology

मूष् (mūṣ, “mouse”) +‎ क (ka, diminutive suffix), the shape of human testicles being compared to mice, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /muʂ.kɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmuʂ.kɐ/

Noun

मुष्क • (muṣká) stem, m

1. testicle, scrotum
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मुष्क (muṣká)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मुष्कः muṣkáḥ	मुष्कौ / मुष्का¹ muṣkaú / muṣkā́¹	मुष्काः / मुष्कासः¹ muṣkā́ḥ / muṣkā́saḥ¹
Vocative	मुष्क múṣka	मुष्कौ / मुष्का¹ múṣkau / múṣkā¹	मुष्काः / मुष्कासः¹ múṣkāḥ / múṣkāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मुष्कम् muṣkám	मुष्कौ / मुष्का¹ muṣkaú / muṣkā́¹	मुष्कान् muṣkā́n
Instrumental	मुष्केण muṣkéṇa	मुष्काभ्याम् muṣkā́bhyām	मुष्कैः / मुष्केभिः¹ muṣkaíḥ / muṣkébhiḥ¹
Dative	मुष्काय muṣkā́ya	मुष्काभ्याम् muṣkā́bhyām	मुष्केभ्यः muṣkébhyaḥ
Ablative	मुष्कात् muṣkā́t	मुष्काभ्याम् muṣkā́bhyām	मुष्केभ्यः muṣkébhyaḥ
Genitive	मुष्कस्य muṣkásya	मुष्कयोः muṣkáyoḥ	मुष्काणाम् muṣkā́ṇām
Locative	मुष्के muṣké	मुष्कयोः muṣkáyoḥ	मुष्केषु muṣkéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• • Kalasha: muṣk, muṣ
• → Middle Persian: mwšk' (mušk)
  • Persian: مشک (mošk)
  • → Ancient Greek: μόσχος (móskhos)
    • Greek: μόσχος (móschos)
      • → Romanian: mosc
    • → German: Moschus
    • → Late Latin: muscus
      • Italian: muschio
      • Old French: mugue
      • → Bulgarian: мускус (muskus)
      • → Danish: muskus
      • → Estonian: muskus
      • → Finnish: myski
      • → Irish: musc
      • → Norwegian: moskus
      • → Old French: musc
        • French: musc
        • → English: musk
      • → Russian: мускус (muskus)
      • → Swedish: mysk
      • • Old French: muscade, mugede, muguete
          • ⇒ French: muguet
            • → Catalan: muguet
            • → Turkish: müge
          • ⇒ Norman: mudget
        • Old Occitan: muscada
          • Occitan: muscat
            • → French: muscat
              • → English: muscat
              • → Georgian: მუსკატი (musḳaṭi)
          • → French: muscade
          • → Norman: muscade
          • ⇒ Old Occitan: muscadal
            • → Old French: muscadel
              • → English: muscatel, muscadel, muscadelle
        • → Crimean Tatar: miskat
        • → Czech: muškát
        • → Danish: muskat
        • → Dutch: muskaat
        • → German: Muskat, Muskate f (obsolete)
          • → Faroese: muskatt
        • → Icelandic: múskat
        • → Luxembourgish: Meskot
        • → Norwegian: muskat
        • → Swedish: muskot
          • → Finnish: muskotti
        • ⇒ Medieval Latin: nux muscata, nux muga (“musky nut; nutmeg”)
          • → Middle English: notemege, notemuge (partial translation)
            • English: nutmeg
              • → Irish: noitmig
              • → Japanese: ナツメグ (natsumegu)
              • → Maori: natimeke
• → Old Armenian: մուշկ (mušk) (via an Iranian language)
  • Armenian: մուշկ (mušk)
• → Telugu: ముష్కము (muṣkamu)