مشکی

See also: مسكي

Persian

Etymology

From Classical pronunciation مُشکی (muškī), itself being مُشک (mušk, “musk”) +‎ ـی (-ī, “adjectival suffix”), from the archaic sense of the color "blood red".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muʃ.ˈkiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.kʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.kʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.kʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muʃ.kʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meʃ.kʰʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muʃ.kʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	muškī
Dari reading?	muškī
Iranian reading?	meški
Tajik reading?	muški

Adjective

Dari	مشکی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мушкӣ

مشکی • (meški)

1. (chiefly Iran) black
2. (original sense, now 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
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مشکی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul