मशक

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /məʃk/, [mɐʃk], /mə.ʃək/, [mɐ.ʃɐk]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشک (mašk), from Middle Persian mšk' (mašk, “mussuck, skin bag”), from Old Persian 𐎶𐏁𐎣𐎠 (maškā-, “(inflated cow) skin”). Compare Punjabi ਮਸ਼ਕ (maśak).

Noun

मशक • (maśk or maśak) f (Urdu spelling مشک)

1. hydration pack, waterskin, a kind of leather water-holding bag

Declension

Declension of मशक (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मशक maśk, maśak	मशकें maśkẽ, maśakẽ
oblique	मशक maśk, maśak	मशकों maśkõ, maśakõ
vocative	मशक maśk, maśak	मशको maśko, maśako

Descendants

• → English: mussuck

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मशक (maśáka).

Noun

मशक • (maśak) m (Urdu spelling مشک)

1. (formal) mosquito

   Synonyms: (more common) मच्छर (macchar), मश (maś)

Declension

Declension of मशक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मशक maśak	मशक maśak
oblique	मशक maśak	मशकों maśakõ
vocative	मशक maśak	मशको maśako

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मशक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• মশক (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬰᬓ (Balinese script)
• মশক (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰫𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀰𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• မၐက (Burmese script)
• મશક (Gujarati script)
• ਮਸ਼ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌶𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦯꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂬𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಶಕ (Kannada script)
• មឝក (Khmer script)
• ມຨກ (Lao script)
• മശക (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡧᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘫𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠱᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧋𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐱𑐎 (Newa script)
• ମଶକ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢯꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆯𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖫𑖎 (Siddham script)
• මශක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩿𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚧𑚊 (Takri script)
• மஶக (Tamil script)
• మశక (Telugu script)
• มศก (Thai script)
• མ་ཤ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒬𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨮𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Metathesized from Proto-Indo-Aryan *makáśas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *makáćas.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɕɐ́.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɕɐ.kɐ/

Noun

मशक • (maśaka) stem, m

1. gnat, mosquito, fly

   Synonym: मश (maśa)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मशक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मशकः (maśakaḥ)	मशकौ (maśakau) मशका¹ (maśakā¹)	मशकाः (maśakāḥ) मशकासः¹ (maśakāsaḥ¹)
vocative	मशक (maśaka)	मशकौ (maśakau) मशका¹ (maśakā¹)	मशकाः (maśakāḥ) मशकासः¹ (maśakāsaḥ¹)
accusative	मशकम् (maśakam)	मशकौ (maśakau) मशका¹ (maśakā¹)	मशकान् (maśakān)
instrumental	मशकेन (maśakena)	मशकाभ्याम् (maśakābhyām)	मशकैः (maśakaiḥ) मशकेभिः¹ (maśakebhiḥ¹)
dative	मशकाय (maśakāya)	मशकाभ्याम् (maśakābhyām)	मशकेभ्यः (maśakebhyaḥ)
ablative	मशकात् (maśakāt)	मशकाभ्याम् (maśakābhyām)	मशकेभ्यः (maśakebhyaḥ)
genitive	मशकस्य (maśakasya)	मशकयोः (maśakayoḥ)	मशकानाम् (maśakānām)
locative	मशके (maśake)	मशकयोः (maśakayoḥ)	मशकेषु (maśakeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Early Assamese: মশ (mośo)
    • Assamese: মহ (moh)
  • Bengali: মশা (mośa)
• Konkani: मूस (mūs)
• Tamil: மசகம் (macakam), மசம் (macam)
• → Telugu: మశకము (maśakamu)