Baluchi

Noun

مشک • ‎(mušk)

1. mouse
2. rat

See also

• موشک ‎(múšk)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian mwšk' ‎(mušk, “musk”). Compare Old Armenian մուշկ ‎(mušk), an Iranian borrowing.

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

Urdu

Noun

مشک • ‎(mushk) m

1. musk