मशक

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məʃk/, /mə.ʃək/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian مشک‎ (mašk), from Middle Persian mšk' (mašk, “mussuck, skin bag”), from Old Persian 𐎶𐏁𐎣𐎠 (maškā-, “(inflated cow) skin”)

Noun

मशक • (maśak) f (Urdu spelling مشک‎)

  1. hydration pack, waterskin, a kind of leather water-holding bag
Declension
Declension of मशक
Singular Plural
Direct मशक (maśak) मशकें (maśkẽ)
Oblique मशक (maśak) मशकों (maśkõ)
Vocative मशक (maśak) मशको (maśko)

Descendants
  • → English: mussuck

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मशक (maśáka).

Noun

मशक • (maśak) m

  1. (formal) mosquito
    Synonym: मच्छर (macchar) (more common)

Declension
Declension of मशक
Singular Plural
Direct मशक (maśak) मशक (maśak)
Oblique मशक (maśak) मशकों (maśkõ)
Vocative मशक (maśak) मशको (maśko)

References

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maśákas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maĉákas, from Proto-Indo-European *moḱó-kos. Cognate with Middle Persian [script needed] (makas, “fly”), Latin musca (“fly”), Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “fly”), Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa, “fly”), Old English mygg, mycg (whence English midge).

Pronunciation

Noun

मशक • (maśáka) m

  1. gnat, mosquito, fly

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of मशक (maśáka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मशकः
maśákaḥ		 मशकौ
maśákau		 मशकाः / मशकासः¹
maśákāḥ / maśákāsaḥ¹
Vocative मशक
máśaka		 मशकौ
máśakau		 मशकाः / मशकासः¹
máśakāḥ / máśakāsaḥ¹
Accusative मशकम्
maśákam		 मशकौ
maśákau		 मशकान्
maśákān
Instrumental मशकेन
maśákena		 मशकाभ्याम्
maśákābhyām		 मशकैः / मशकेभिः¹
maśákaiḥ / maśákebhiḥ¹
Dative मशकाय
maśákāya		 मशकाभ्याम्
maśákābhyām		 मशकेभ्यः
maśákebhyaḥ
Ablative मशकात्
maśákāt		 मशकाभ्याम्
maśákābhyām		 मशकेभ्यः
maśákebhyaḥ
Genitive मशकस्य
maśákasya		 मशकयोः
maśákayoḥ		 मशकानाम्
maśákānām
Locative मशके
maśáke		 मशकयोः
maśákayoḥ		 मशकेषु
maśákeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
    • Old Assamese: মশ (mośo)
    • Bengali: মশা (môśa)
  • Konkani: मूस
  • Tamil: மசகம் (macakam), மசம் (macam)
  • → Telugu: మశకము (maśakamu)
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