مشک
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)
- 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.
- 1259, Saadi Shirazi, Gulistan; also a Persian proverb:
Descendants
Etymology 2
Compare Kurdish mişk.
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-.
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “¹mašk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 55
Southwestern Fars
Urdu
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