English Explanatory Dictionary

mussuck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. an inflated skin-bag for water, variously said to be made from goats, from cows or from dogs, often by bheesties.

Pronunciation

/ˈmʌsək/

Word forms

mussuck mussucks mussick mussock

Etymology

From Urdu مشک (maśak) / Hindi मशक (maśak), from Persian مشک (mašk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mšk' /⁠mašk⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐏁𐎣𐎠 (m-š-k-a /⁠maškā⁠/), via Aramaic or another descendant of Proto-Semitic *mašk- (“skin”).

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