مشک

See also: مسك and م س ك

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.

Noun

مشک • (mušk)

mouse
rat

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *múHs, Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs, From Proto-Indo-European *múHs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /məʃk/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	mişk

مشک (mişk)

mouse

Derived terms

مشکگرە (mişkgire)

References

Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “مشک”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 524
Hejar (1990) “مشک”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 809
Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “mishk”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 93

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.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈmuʃk/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʃk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊʃk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muʃk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moʃkʲ], [meʃkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muʃk]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mušk
Dari reading^?	mušk
Iranian reading^?	mošk, mešk
Tajik reading^?	mušk

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.

Derived terms

مشکی (meški)
مشکین (moškin)

Descendants

→ Arabic: مسك (misk), مَسْكَة (maska)
- Andalusian Arabic: مِسْك
  - → Catalan: mesc, almesc
  - → Spanish: almizcle
    - → Tagalog: almiskle
  - → Portuguese: almíscar
- Gulf Arabic: مسك (misk)
- → Northern Kurdish: misk
- → Turkish: misk, mis
→ Urdu: مشک (muśk)

Etymology 2

Compare Northern Kurdish mişk.

Pronunciation

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moʃkʲ]

Readings
Iranian reading^?	mošk

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-.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʃk/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʃk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäʃk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäʃk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʃkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʃk]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mašk
Dari reading^?	mašk
Iranian reading^?	mašk
Tajik reading^?	mašk

Noun

مشک • (mašk) (plural مشک‌ها)

waterskin, mussuck

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मशक (maśak)

Urdu: مشک (maśak)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਮਸ਼ਕ (maśak)

Shahmukhi script: مشک (maśak)

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊʃk/
Rhymes: -ʊʃk

Noun

مُشْک • (muśk) m (Hindi spelling मुश्क)

musk

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu مشک (mušk).

Noun

مشک (mušk)

musk, a medicine