Mushki

English

Etymology

From Akkadian [script needed] (Muški) Possibly identified with the Phrygians,[1] but theorized by some to be a tribe of Proto-Armenian or Kartvelian origin.[2] More at Mushki.

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew מֶשֶׁךְ (Mešeḵ). Compare Latin Moschi.

Proper noun

Mushki (uncountable)

  1. (historical) An Iron Age people of Anatolia who appear in Assyrian sources.

References

  1. ^ Rostyslav Oreshko. The onager kings of Anatolia: Hartapus, Gordis, Muška and the steppe strand in early Phrygian culture. Kadmos, 2020, 59(1/2), pp.77-128. ffhal-03880045
  2. ^ Petrosyan, Armen (2002), The Indo-European and Ancient Near Eastern Sources of the Armenian Epic. pp.140, 146

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