# Musa
## Translingual
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin musa, from Arabic مَوْزَة (mawza, “banana”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭅𐭆 (mwc /⁠mōč⁠/), from Sanskrit मोच (moca), then, according to Roger Blench, via Dravidian (compare Tamil மோத்தை (mōttai, “banana flower”), from Malayo-Polynesian (compare Dobel muɁu, Manggarai muku) from Trans-New Guinea (compare Fataluku muɁu, Mosimo mugu), ultimately from Proto-Trans-New Guinea *mugu.

### Proper noun

Musa f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Musaceae – large tropical herbs, commonly known as banana plants.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Zingiberales – order; Musaceae – family

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Musa sect. Callimusa, Musa sect. Ingentimusa, Musa sect. Musa - sections
** Musa × paradisiaca - type species; Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana, Musa basjoo, Musa coccinea, Musa textilis) – selected other species

#### Coordinate terms

* (genus): Ensete, Musella - genera

#### Derived terms

* Musophagidae

### References

* ↑ Blench, Roger (2016) “Things your classics master never told you: a borrowing from Trans New Guinea languages into Latin”, in Academia.edu‎, Academia, Inc.
* Musa (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Musa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Musa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## English
### Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), Persian موسی (Musâ), and Turkish Musa; ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. Doublet of Moses.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuːsə/

### Proper noun

Musa
* A male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Moses.

#### Related terms

* Moses
* Moussa
* Mussa

#### Translations
### See also

* Gebel Musa
* Jabal Musa
* Jebel Musa

### Anagrams

* AMUs, MSAU, MUAs, Maus, UMAs, USMA, amus, aums, masu, saum

## Albanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā).

### Proper noun

Musa
* a male given name

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), from Biblical Hebrew.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [muˈsɑ]

### Proper noun

Musa (definite accusative Musanı, plural Musalar)
* (Islam) Moses
* a male given name from Arabic

#### Declension
## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /múː.sáː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [múː.sáː]

### Proper noun

Mūsā m
* Moses (biblical character)
* a male given name, Musa, from Arabic, equivalent to English Moses

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* Moesa (1901–1947)

### Etymology

From Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmu.sa/, [ˈmu.sa]
* Hyphenation: Mu‧sa

### Proper noun

Musa
* (Islam) Moses (prophet)
* (Christianity, Judaism) Moses (Biblical character)

#### See also

* Adam
* Idris
* Nuh
* Hud
* Soleh
* Ibrahim
* Lut
* Ismail
* Ishak
* Yakub
* Yusuf
* Ayub
* Zulkifli
* Syuaib
* Musa
* Harun
* Daud
* Sulaiman
* Yunus
* Ilyas
* Ilyasak
* Zulkarnain
* Yahya
* Isa
* Muhammad

## Japanese
### Romanization

Musa
* Rōmaji transcription of ムサ

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmuː.sa/, [ˈmuːs̠ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmu.sa/, [ˈmuːs̬ä]

### Proper noun

Mūsa f (genitive Mūsae); first declension
* Muse, one of the nine goddesses of liberal arts.

#### Usage notes

Usually plural, referring to the nine goddesses together.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* mūsa

#### Descendants

* English: Muse

### References

* “Musa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “Musa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Musa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā)

### Pronunciation

* (Johor) IPA: /ˈmusə/ [ˈmu.sə]
* (Penang, Baku) IPA: /ˈmusa/ [ˈmu.sa]
* Hyphenation: Mu‧sa

### Proper noun

Musa (Jawi spelling موسى)
* (Islam, Christianity, Judaism) Moses
* a male given name from Arabic

#### See also

Template:list:Islamic prophets/ms

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mûsa/

### Proper noun

Mȕsa m (Cyrillic spelling Му̏са)
* a surname

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Musa
* Moses (biblical character)
* a male given name, Musa, from Arabic, equivalent to English Moses

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* Mûsâ

### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موسی (musa), from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), from Biblical Hebrew.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muːsaː/, [muːˈsa̝ː]

### Proper noun

Musa
* (Islam) Moses
* a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Moses