𐡌𐡎𐡂𐡃𐡀

Aramaic

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb 𐡎𐡂𐡃 (sgd, “to bow down”)

Noun

𐡌𐡎𐡂𐡃𐡀 • (msgdʾ /masgəḏā/) m (Imperial Aramaic)

place of worship

Descendants

Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢓𐢖𐢄𐢅𐢀 (msgdʾ)
→ Arabic: مَسْجِد (masjid)
- Gulf Arabic: مسيد (masyid)
- → Amharic: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
- → Ancient Greek: μασγίδιον (masgídion)
- → Central Kurdish: مزگەوت (mizgewt), مِزگِت (mizgit) — Ardalani
- → Classical Persian: مَسْجِد (masjid) (see there for further descendants)
- → Classical Syriac: ܡܣܓܕܐ (masgḏā)
- → Dutch: mesdjid
- → English: masjid
- → Hebrew: מִסְגָּד (misgā́d) (calque)
- → Japanese: マスジド
- → Javanese: masjid, mesjid
- → Kimaragang: mosigid
- → Malay: masjid, misigit
  - Indonesian: masjid
- → Medieval Latin: meschita (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Persian: [script needed] (mzgt' /⁠mazgit⁠/)
  - Early New Persian: مَزْگِت (mazgit) (see there for further descendants)
- → Northern Kurdish: mizgeft
- → Ottoman Turkish: مسجد (mescid) (see there for further descendants)
- → Portuguese: Magide
- → Sindhi: مِهِتِ / मिहिति (mihiti)
- → Sundanese: masigit
- → Swahili: msikiti (see there for further descendants)
- → Thai: มัสยิด (mát-sà-yít)
→ Berber:
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵉⵎⴻⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ (timezgida)
- Northern Saharan Berber: taməzgida (Figuig, Wargla), tamǝzǧida, tamǝǧǧida, tamǝždida (Mzab)
- Nefusa: tmǝzgidá
- Siwi: amǝzdǝg
- Tamahaq: tamăžžida
- Tawellemmet: tamǝzgidda
- Tarifit: tamziyda, ṯamǝzḏiya (Iznasen)
- Tashelhit: timzgida
→ Byzantine Greek: μασγίδα (masgída), μασγίδιον (masgídion)
→ Catalan: mesquita
- →? Occitan: mosqueta, mosquèa
→ Ge'ez: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
- → Amharic: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
- → Harari: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
- → Tigrinya: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
→ Italian: moschea
- → Czech: mešita
- → Old French: mosque
  - French: mosquée
  - → Breton: moskeenn
  - → English: mosque
    - → Irish: mosc
    - → Japanese: モスク
    - → Korean: 모스크 (moseukeu)
    - → Scottish Gaelic: mosg
    - → Welsh: mosg
  - → Danish: moské
    - → Faroese: moska
      - → Icelandic: moska
  - → Norwegian: moské
  - → Swedish: moské
    - → Finnish: moskeija
- → German: Moschee
  - → Estonian: mošee
  - → Latvian: mošeja
- → Ligurian: moschêa
- → Luxembourgish: Moschee
- → Maltese: moskea
- → Dutch: moskee
- → Rutul: мездик (mezdik)
- → Serbo-Croatian: (or from German)
  - Latin script: mošéja
  - Cyrillic script: моше́ја
- → Slovene: mošêja (or from German)
- → Slovak: mešita
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: mesquita
- → Galician: mesquita
- → Portuguese: mesquita
→ Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩪𐩴𐩵 (ms¹gd)
→ Sicilian: muschea
→ Spanish: mezquita
- → Asturian: mezquita
- → English: mezquita

References

“msgd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–