موش

See also: موس

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːʃ/

Proper noun

مُوش • (mūš) ?

  1. Mush (the capital city of Mush province, Turkey)
  2. Mush (a province of Turkey)

Karakhanid

Etymology

Uncertain, according to Clauson, a borrowing. Similarity to Persian موش (muš, mouse) is a coincidence.[1]

Noun

موُشْ (mǖš)

  1. (Chigil) cat
    اُلْدَجىِ سِجْغانْ موُشْ تَشَقىِ قَشِرْÖldečī sïčğān mǖš tašaqï̄ qašïr.The dying rat scratches the cat's testicles.

References

  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972), “mü:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 772

Further reading

Khowar

Etymology

From Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya).

Noun

موش (moš)

  1. man, husband
    ‪جم موش نو چنگیر‌
    jam moš na cangir
    A good man doesn't lie

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian موش (muš, mouse).

Noun

موش • (muş)

  1. mouse, any small rodent of the genus Mus
    Synonyms: صیچان (sıçan), فار (far)
  2. rat, a medium-sized rodent of the genus Rattus
  3. (in general) rodent, a mammal of the order Rodentia
    Synonym: كمریجی (kemirici)
Derived terms
  • موش خرما (muş-i hurma, polecat)
  • موش دشتی (muş-i deşti, harvest mouse)
  • موش دوپا (muş-i düpa, jerboa)
  • موش سلطانیه (muş-i sultaniye, dormouse)
  • موش كور (muş-i kur, mole)
  • موش پرنده (muş-i perende, bat)
  • موشك (muşek, little mouse)
Descendants
  • Turkish: muş

Further reading

Etymology 2

Muş province

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

موش • (Muş)

  1. Muş (a city and province in Central East Anatolia, Turkey)
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

موش

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mūš
Dari reading? mūš
Iranian reading? muš
Tajik reading? muš
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/, Mouse, rat), from Proto-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. Cognate with English mouse.

Noun

Dari موش
Iranian Persian
Tajik муш

موش • (muš) (plural موش‌ها (muš-hâ))

  1. mouse; rat
    دم موشdom-e mušmouse tail; rat tail
  2. cutie; someone cute
    موشیmuš-iyou're a cutie
  3. Synonym of ماوس (mâus, computer mouse).
Derived terms
  • تله‌موش (tale-muš, mousetrap)
  • موشواره (mušvâre, computer mouse)
  • موشک (mušak, missile)
  • موشی (muši)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Armenian Մուշ (Muš).

Proper noun

موش • (muš)

  1. Mush (the capital city of Mush province, Turkey)
  2. Mush (a province of Turkey)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mušk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 57
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