mushk

== Albanian == === Etymology 1 === Together with Proto-Slavic *mъskъ (compare Bulgarian мъск (mǎsk), Romanian mâșc, all, presumably, spreading from the South), forming an areal Balkan word for 'mule'. The relationship with Latin mulus and Ancient Greek μυχλός (mukhlós) is unclear. All these terms could have derived from an extinct Mediterranean substrate. ==== Alternative forms ==== mushkë ==== Noun ==== mushk m (plural mushq, definite mushku, definite plural mushqit) he-mule, male hinny ===== Derived terms ===== mushkar, mushkash, mushkë ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Variant of mushkull, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin musculus (“muscle”). Compare Romanian mușchi, Aromanian mushclju, cf. also Catalan muscle (“shoulder”). Doublet of muskul, a later learned borrowing. ==== Noun ==== mushk m shoulder === Further reading === “mushk”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006