مشک

See also: مسك‎ and م س ك‎

Baluchi

Noun

مشک • (mušk)

  1. mouse
  2. rat

See also

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian mwšk' (mušk, “musk”), from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka). Compare Old Armenian մուշկ (mušk), an Iranian borrowing and also English musk.

Noun

مشک • (mošk)

  1. 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.

Etymology 2

Compare Kurdish mişk.

Noun

مشک • (mošk)

  1. (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) mouse

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian mšk' (mašk, “mussuck, skin bag”), from Old Persian 𐎶𐏁𐎣𐎠 (maškā-, “(inflated cow) skin”), ultimately a Semitic borrowing; compare Proto-Semitic *mašk-.

Noun

مشک • (mašk) (plural مشک‌ها‎ (mašk-hâ))

  1. waterskin, mussuck

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)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) mouse

Urdu

Noun

مشک • (mushk) m

  1. musk
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