Moussa
See also: moussa
French
Etymology
A French spelling of an Arabic-derived form for Moses. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā) or its derivatives (such as (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Fula Muusaa, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Turkish Musa, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Wolof Musaa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Moussa m
- a male given name from Arabic, Musa; widely used in Islamic North and West Africa.
- 1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, →ISBN, p. 166
- Moussa était l'unique enfant d'un arbab turc du bout de notre rue, un jeunot cordial et désœuvré qui passait son temps à chasser, peindre des miniatures, et relire indéfiniment en traduction persane Les Misérables qui l'enflammaient de chimères héroïques et de passions égalitaires.
- — Mussa was the only son of a Turkish arbab who lived at the end of our street, a likeable, idle young fellow who spent is time hunting, painting miniatures, and endlessly re-reading Les Misérables in a Persian translation, which inflamed him with delusions of heroism and egalitarian passions. — 1992, Robyn Marsack (trans.), The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland, →ISBN
- Moussa était l'unique enfant d'un arbab turc du bout de notre rue, un jeunot cordial et désœuvré qui passait son temps à chasser, peindre des miniatures, et relire indéfiniment en traduction persane Les Misérables qui l'enflammaient de chimères héroïques et de passions égalitaires.
- 1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, →ISBN, p. 166
Related terms
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- French terms derived from Arabic
- French terms derived from Fula
- French terms derived from Turkish
- French terms derived from Wolof
- French 2-syllable words
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- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French given names
- French male given names
- French male given names from Arabic
- French male given names from Fula
- French male given names from Turkish
- French male given names from Wolof