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Uncertain, according to Clauson, a borrowing. Similarity to Persianموش(muš, “mouse”) is a coincidence.[1]
compare with Uyghurمۈشۈك(müshük) and Uzbekmushuk.
اُلْدَجىِ سِجْغانْ موُشْ تَشَقىِ قَشِرْ ― Öldečī sïčğān mǖš tašaqï̄ qašïr. ― The dying rat scratches the cat's testicles.
References
^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “mü:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 772
Further reading
al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 127
al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Ercilasun, Ahmet B., Akkoyunlu Ziyat, transl., Kâşgarlı Mahmud Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Giriş - Metin - Çeviri - Notlar - Dizin [Mahmud al-Kashgari's “Compendium of the languages of the Turks” Introduction - Texts - Translation - Notes - Index] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1120) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 2020, →ISBN, page 399
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Mus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1107
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “موش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 5025
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2030
Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Muş”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 567
