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Musa
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Appendix:Variations of "musa"
Translingual
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Etymology
mul la-med musa, from mul ar مَوْزَة banana, from mul pal 𐭬𐭅𐭆 mwc mōč, from mul sa मोच; see there for more.Blench Roger Roger Blench Things your classics master never told you: a borrowing from Trans New Guinea languages into Latin https://www.academia.edu/25619010/Things_your_classics_master_never_told_you_a_borrowing_from_Trans_New_Guinea_languages_into_Latin Academia.edu Academia, Inc. 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20261004135742/https://www.academia.edu/25619010/Things_your_classics_master_never_told_you_a_borrowing_from_Trans_New_Guinea_languages_into_Latin 4 October 2026
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Musaceae large tropical herbs, commonly known as banana plants
Hypernyms
genus
Hyponyms
genus Musa sect. Callimusa section, Musa sect. Ingentimusa section, Musa sect. Musa section sections
Musa × paradisiaca nothospecies type species; Musa acuminata species, Musa balbisiana species, Musa basjoo species, Musa coccinea species, Musa textilis species) selected other species
Coordinate terms
genus Ensete genus, Musella genus genera
Derived terms
Musophagidae family
References
Musa (genus)
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mul Zingiberales order plants
English
Etymology
en ar مُوسَى, en fa موسی Musâ 1, and en tr Musa; ultimately from en hbo -. en Moses.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmuːsə/
Proper noun
~
Moses, a rasul in Islam.
en male Arabic Moses.
Coordinate terms
Related terms
en Moses Moussa Mussa
Translations
male given name
Arabic: ar موسى m
Bashkir: ba Муса
Catalan: ca Mussa m
French: fr Moussa m
Persian: fa موسی m musâ
Tamil: ta மூசா
Turkish: tr Musa m
See also
en Gebel Musa
en Jabal Musa
en Jebel Musa
Anagrams
en amsu AMUs MSAU MUAs Maus UMAs USMA amus aums masu saum
Albanian
Etymology
sq ota موسی musa, from sq ar مُوسَى.
Proper noun
m
sq Islam Moses
sq male Arabic Moses
Coordinate terms
Azerbaijani
Муса
Etymology
az :bor ar:مُوسَى<id:Moses> 2 1
Pronunciation
az [muˈsɑ]
Proper noun
az Islam Moses
az male Arabic
Declension
a
Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from ha ar مُوسَى.
Pronunciation
mūsā
Proper noun
m Mūsā
Moses biblical character
ha male Arabic Musa Moses
ha Biblical characters
Indonesian
id:
Alternative forms
id Moesa pre-1947
Etymology
From id ar مُوسَى.
Pronunciation
id Mu sa
Proper noun
id Islam Moses prophet
id Christianity Judaism Moses Biblical character
See also
id Biblical characters Islamic prophets
Italian
Pronunciation
^ù<r:DOP:lid#1058685><hmp:musa>
Proper noun
mfbysense
it
References
Further reading
musa
Japanese
Romanization
ムサ
Latin
Etymology
la Mūsa :bor grc:Μοῦσα + 1
Pronunciation
yes Mūsa
Proper noun
Mūsa<1.both>
Muse, one of the nine goddesses of liberal arts.
Usage notes
Usually plural, referring to the nine goddesses together.
Declension
Mūsa<1.both>
Related terms
la mūsa
Descendants
nl muze 1
en Muse 1
References
Malay
ms:
Etymology
From ms ar مُوسَى
Pronunciation
Mūse Johor
Penang,Bahasa Baku
ms Mu sa
Proper noun
موسى
ms Islam Christianity Judaism Moses
ms male Arabic
See also
ms Islamic prophets Biblical characters
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Mȕsa
Proper noun
Mȕsa m-an
sh
Further reading
Swahili
Etymology
sw :bor ar:مُوسَى<id:Moses> + 1
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-Musa.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
Moses biblical character
sw male Arabic Musa Moses
sw Biblical characters
Turkish
Alternative forms
tr Mûsâ
Etymology
tr :inh ota:موسی<tr:mûsâ><t:Moses> ++ 1
Pronunciation
tr /muːsaː/ [muːˈsa̝ː]
Proper noun
tr biblical character Islam Moses, Prophet Musa
tr male Arabic Moses
Declension
Coordinate terms