# موسیقی
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian موسیقی (musiqi), from Arabic مُوسِيقِيّ (mūsīqiyy).

### Noun

موسیقی • (musiki)
* the science of music
    Synonym: رامش (râmiş)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: musiki

### References

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موسیقی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسِيقَى (mūsīqā), ultimately from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [muː.siː.ˈqiː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [muː.siː.qíː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [muː.siː.qíː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [muː.siː.qíː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mu.si.qí]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [muː.siː.ʁíː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mu.si.qí]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

موسیقی • (musiqi)
* music
    Synonym: موزیک (muzik)
** c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 282:گهی اگرچه ببزم می و مقام نشاط نوای موسیقی و ساز هم کمال بودgahē agarči ba-bazm-i may u muqām-i nišāt nawā-yi mūsīqī u sāz ham kamāl buwadSometimes, though at the feast of wine and at the seat of pleasure, The tunes of the music and the musical instruments are perfect as well […] (Classical Persian transliteration)

#### Derived terms

* موسیقی‌دان (musiqi-dân, “musician”)
* موسیقی‌شناس (musiqi-šenâs, “musicologist”)
* موسیقی‌شناسی (musiqi-šenâsi, “musicology”)

#### Related terms

* موسیقایی (musiqâyi, “musical”)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: musiqi
* → Central Kurdish: مووسیقی (mûsîqî)
* → Middle Hindi: موسیقی (mvsyqy)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: मूसीक़ी (mūsīqī), मौसीक़ी (mausīqī)
    Urdu: مُوسِیقِی (mūsīqī)
* → Ottoman Turkish: موسیقی (musiki)
** Turkish: musiki
* → Pashto: موسيقي (musiqi)
* → Punjabi: mausīqī
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੌਸੀਕ਼ੀ
    Shahmukhi script: مَوسِیقِی

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian موسیقی (musiqi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [musiqi]

### Noun

مُوسِيقِي • (mūsīqī) ? (Devanagari मूसीक़ी)
* music

### References

* Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “مۇسِيقيِ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُوسِیقِی (mūsīqī), from Arabic مُوسِيقَى (mūsīqā), ultimately from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ). First attested in 1792 as Middle Hindi موسیقی (mvsyqy).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /muː.siː.qiː/, /mɔː.siː.qiː/
* Rhymes: -iː
* Hyphenation: مُو‧سِی‧قِی

### Noun

مُوسِیقِی • (mūsīqī) f (Hindi spelling मूसीक़ी or मौसीक़ी)
* music
    Synonym: سَن٘گِیت (saṅgīt)

### References

* ↑ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “mūsīḵī”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 617.
* ↑ “موسیقی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* ↑ Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “موسيقی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 621
* ↑ “موسیقی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.