Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs.
Noun
*múHs
- mouse
Descendants
- Central Iranian:
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian:
- Ossetian:
- Digor Ossetian: мистӕ (mistæ)
- Iron Ossetian: мыст (myst)
- Proto-Saka: *mūžli
- Khotanese: [script needed] (mūla-, “rat”)
- Sogdo-Bactrian:
- Khwarezmian: [script needed] (muf)
- Sogdic:
- Sogdian: [script needed] (mwš /mūš/)
- Yagnobi: муш (muš)
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: مږک (muģák, mëģák), موږک (muģák), مګک m (mëgák, “mouse”), مږه (më́ģa), مګه f (më́ga, “rat”)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: مشک (mušk), موشک (múšk)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: مشک (mišk)
- Northern Kurdish: mişk
- Southern Kurdish: مۊش (müš)
- Laki: مۊش (müš), مؤش (müš)
- Proto-Tatic:
- Old Tati:
- Harzani: مورا (mōrā)
- Karingani: مورا (murā)
- Talysh:
- Southern Talysh: موره (morə /mora/), ماره (marə /māra/)
- Zaza-Gurani:
- Southwest Iranian:
- Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mwšk' /mušk/)
- Classical Persian: موش (mūš)
- Iranian Persian: موش (muš), (dialectal) مشک (mošk)
- Tajik: муш (muš)
- Judeo-Tat:
- Cyrillic script: муш (muş)
- Hebrew script: מאוּש (muş)
- Latin script: muş