مشکی

See also: مسكي

Persian

Etymology

From Classical pronunciation مُشکی (muškī), itself being (mušk, “musk”) +‎ (-ī, “adjectival suffix”), from the archaic sense of the color "blood red".

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muʃ.ˈkiː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.kʰíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.kʰíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muʃ.kʰí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meʃ.kʰʲíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muʃ.kʰí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	muškī
Dari reading^?	muškī
Iranian reading^?	meški
Tajik reading^?	muškī

Adjective


Iranian Persian	مشکی
Dari	مشکی
Tajik	мушкӣ

مشکی • (meški)

black
(archaic) blood red

Synonyms

سیاه (siyâh)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مشکی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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