English Explanatory Dictionary

Mushki

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An Iron Age people of Anatolia who appear in Assyrian sources.

Word forms

Mushki

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒆳𒈬𒍑𒆠 (ᴷᵁᴿmu-uš-ki /⁠Muški⁠/) Possibly identified with the Phrygians, but theorized by some to be a tribe of Proto-Armenian or Kartvelian origin. More at Mushki. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew מֶשֶׁךְ (Mešeḵ). Compare Latin Moschi.

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