موش

See also: موس‎

Khowar

Etymology

From Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya).

Noun

موش (moš)

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (muš, “mouse”).

Noun

موش • (muş)

mouse, any small rodent of the genus Mus
Synonyms: صیچان‎ (sıçan), فار‎ (far)
rat, a medium-sized rodent of the genus Rattus
(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

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “muş3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3319
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “موش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1246
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Mus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1107
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “موش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 5025
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “موش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2032

Persian

موش

Etymology

From Middle Persian mwšk' (mušk, “Mouse, rat”), from Proto-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. Cognate with English mouse.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /muːʃ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /muːʃ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /muːʃ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /muʃ/

Audio (Iran) (file)

Noun

Iranian Persian	موش
Dari	موش
Tajik	муш (muš)

موش • (muš) (plural موش‌ها‎ (muš-hâ))

mouse
rat

Derived terms

تله‌موش‎ (tale-muš)
موشی‎ (muši)

References

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

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