مشکی

See also: مسكي‎

Persian

Etymology

From earlier pronunciation مُشکی‎ (moški), itself being ‎ (mošk, “musk”) +‎ ‎ (-i, “adjectival suffix”), from the archaic sense of the color "blood red".

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /miʃkiː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /mɪʃkiː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /meʃkiː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /miʃki/

Adjective

مشکی • (meški)

black
(archaic) blood red

Synonyms

سیاه‎ (siyâh)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “مشکی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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