موسیقی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian (musiqi), from Arabic مُوسِيقِيّ (mūsīqiyy).

Noun

موسیقی • (musiki)

the science of music
Synonym: رامش (râmiş)

Descendants

Turkish: musiki

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موسیقی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسِيقَى (mūsīqā), ultimately from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /muː.siː.ˈqiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [muː.siː.qíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [muː.siː.qíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.si.qí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [muː.siː.ʁíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.si.qí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mūsīqī
Dari reading^?	mūsīqī
Iranian reading^?	musiġi
Tajik reading^?	musiqi

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	موسیقی
Dari	موسیقی
Tajik	мусиқӣ

موسیقی • (musiqi)

music
Synonym: موزیک (muzik)
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 282:
  گهی اگرچه ببزم می و مقام نشاط
  نوای موسیقی و ساز هم کمال بود
  gahē agarči ba-bazm-i may u muqām-i nišāt
  nawā-yi mūsīqī u sāz ham kamāl buwad
  Sometimes, though at the feast of wine and at the seat of pleasure,
  The tunes of the music and the musical instruments are perfect as well […]
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

موسیقی‌دان (musiqi-dân, “musician”)
موسیقی‌شناس (musiqi-šenâs, “musicologist”)
موسیقی‌شناسی (musiqi-šenâsi, “musicology”)

Related terms

موسیقایی (musiqâyi, “musical”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: musiqi
→ Central Kurdish: مووسیقی (mûsîqî)
→ Middle Hindi: موسیقی (mvsyqy)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: मूसीक़ी (mūsīqī), मौसीक़ी (mausīqī)
  
  Urdu: مُوسِیقِی (mūsīqī)
→ Ottoman Turkish: موسیقی (musiki)
- Turkish: musiki
→ Pashto: موسيقي (musiqi)
→ Punjabi: mausīqī
Gurmukhi script: ਮੌਸੀਕ਼ੀ

Shahmukhi script: مَوسِیقِی

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (musiqi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [musiqi]

Noun

مُوسِيقِي • (mūsīqī) ? (Devanagari मूसीक़ी)

music

References

Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “مۇسِيقيِ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (mūsīqī), from Arabic مُوسِيقَى (mūsīqā), ultimately from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ). ^[1] First attested in 1792^[2] as Middle Hindi موسیقی (mvsyqy).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /muː.siː.qiː/, /mɔː.siː.qiː/^[3]
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: مُو‧سِی‧قِی

Noun

مُوسِیقِی • (mūsīqī) f (Hindi spelling मूसीक़ी or मौसीक़ी)^[4]

music
Synonym: سَن٘گِیت (saṅgīt)

References

More information

^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “mūsīḵī”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 617.
^ “موسیقی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
^ Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “موسيقی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 621
^ “موسیقی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

[1] Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “mūsīḵī”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 617.

[2] “موسیقی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

[3] Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “موسيقی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 621

[4] “موسیقی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

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