# موش
## Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muːʃ/

### Proper noun

مُوش • (mūš) ?
* Mush (the capital city of Mush province, Turkey)
* Mush (a province of Turkey)

## Karakhanid
### Etymology

Uncertain, according to Clauson, a borrowing. Similarity to Persian موش (muš, “mouse”) is a coincidence. compare with Uyghur مۈشۈك (müshük) and Uzbek mushuk.

### Noun

موُشْ (mǖš)
* (Chigil) cat
    اُلْدَجىِ سِجْغانْ موُشْ تَشَقىِ قَشِرْ ― Öldečī sïčğān mǖš tašaqï̄ qašïr. ― The dying rat scratches the cat's testicles.

### References

* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “mü:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 772

### Further reading

* al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 127
* al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Ercilasun, Ahmet B., Akkoyunlu Ziyat, transl., Kâşgarlı Mahmud Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Giriş - Metin - Çeviri - Notlar - Dizin [Mahmud al-Kashgari's “Compendium of the languages of the Turks” Introduction - Texts - Translation - Notes - Index] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1120) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 2020, →ISBN, page 399

## Khowar
### Etymology

From Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔɕ/

### Noun

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

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian موش (muš, “mouse”), itself from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/, “mouse, rat”).

#### Noun

موش • (muş) (definite accusative موشی (muşu), plural موشلر (muşlar))
* mouse, rat, any small or medium-sized rodent of the genera Mus and Rattus
    Synonyms: صیچان (sıçan), فاره (fare)
* rodent, any mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors
    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
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mûş”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 823
* 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 2030

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Proper noun

موش • (muş)
* Muş (a city, district, and province in Central East Anatolia, Turkey)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: Muş

#### Further reading

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Muş”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
* Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Muş”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 567

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [muːʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [muːʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [muːʃ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [muːʃ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [muʃ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [muːʃ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [muʃ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/, “Mouse, rat”), from Proto-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. Cognate with English mouse and so a doublet of ماوس (mâus).

#### Noun

موش • (muš) (plural موش‌ها (muš-hâ))
* mouse; rat
    دم موش ― dom-e muš ― mouse tail; rat tail
* cutie; someone cute
    موشی ― muš-i ― you're a cutie
* Synonym of ماوس (mâus, “computer mouse”).

##### Derived terms

* تله‌موش (tale-muš, “mousetrap”)
* موشواره (mušvâre, “computer mouse”)
* موشک (mušak, “missile”)
* موشی (muši)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Armenian Մուշ (Muš).

#### Proper noun

موش • (muš)
* Mush (the capital city of Mush province, Turkey)
* Mush (a province of Turkey)

### References

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