موسی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).
Proper noun
موسی • (musa)
Derived terms
- موسوی (musevi, “Mosaic; Jewish, Israelite”)
- موسی آغاجی (musa ağacı, “boxthorn”)
Descendants
- Turkish: Musa
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “موسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1246
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “موسی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[2], Vienna, column 5025
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2030
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā, “razor, blade”).
Noun
موسی • (musa) (plural مواسی (mevasi))
Descendants
- Turkish: musa
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “musa3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3312
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Novacula”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[4], Vienna, column 1151
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “موسی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, column 5025
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2030
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), from Biblical Hebrew.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /muː.ˈsaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [muː.sɑ́ː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [muː.sɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mu.sɔ́]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mūsā |
| Dari reading? | mūsā |
| Iranian reading? | musâ |
| Tajik reading? | muso |
Proper noun
| Dari | موسی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Мусо |
موسی • (musâ)
- (Islam) Moses
- a male given name from Arabic
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), from Biblical Hebrew.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /muː.sɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Proper noun
مُوسیٰ • (mūsā) m (Hindi spelling मूसा)
- (Islam) Moses
- a male given name from Arabic