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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *mъskъ, probably of Paleo-Balkan descent, akin to Albanian mushk (“mule”), Aromanian mușcă (“mule”), Latin mūlus (“mule”) (<*muslos), Ancient Greek μυχλός (mukhlós, “stallion”). Further origin is unclear. Meyer hypothesizes a possible relation to the ethnonym of the ancient people Mysoi and/or Muški.
Pronunciation
Noun
мъск • (mǎsk) m (feminine мъска́)
- (historical) mule (hybrid between a male donkey and a female horse)
- Synonym: муле́ (mulé)
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References
- “мъск”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъск”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 430