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mashq

mashq is the alternative spelling of mashk.

Meaning of mashk

Noun

mashk (plural mashks)

  1. A traditional water-carrying bag, usually made of waterproofed goatskin, from North India, Pakistan and Nepal.

Proper noun capitalized: Mashq

Mashq

  1. A calligraphic form of Arabic.

Forms of mashq

pluralmashqs

Origin of mashq

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْق (mašq), from مَشَقَ (mašaqa, “to stretch out”), due to some letters in the script being stretched out.

Questions about mashq

What does mashq mean?
Mashq means a calligraphic form of Arabic.
What is mashq the alternative spelling of?
Mashq is the alternative spelling of mashk.
What part of speech is mashq?
Mashq is a proper noun.

Words near mashq in the dictionary

  1. mashout
  2. Mashpee
  3. Mashpees
  4. Mashpi glass frog
  5. Mashpi glass frogs
  6. mashq
  7. mashqs
  8. mashrabiya
  9. mashrabiyas
  10. mashrabiyya
  11. mashrabiyyas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mashq (page history and authors); Mashq (page history and authors); mashk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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