مشک
Baluchi
Noun
مشک • (mušk)
See also
- موشک (múšk)
Persian
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
مشک • (mošk)
- 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.
- 1259, Saadi Shirazi, Gulistan; also a Persian proverb:
Descendants
Descendants
Etymology 2
Compare Northern Kurdish mişk.
Noun
مشک • (mošk)
- (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) mouse
Etymology 3
From Middle Persian mšk' (mašk, “mussuck, skin bag”), from Old Persian 𐎶𐏁𐎣𐎠 (maškā-, “(inflated cow) skin”), ultimately Semitic borrowing; compare Proto-Semitic *mašk-.
Noun
مشک • (mašk) (plural مشکها (mašk-hâ))
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “¹mašk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 55
Southwestern Fars
Noun
مشک (mošk)
- (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) mouse
Urdu
Noun
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