name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmɒkʃə/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈməʊkʃə/
General-American:/ˈmoʊkʃə/
1
name
Meaning 1
A language of the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A member of the people who speak this language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
In Indian philosophy and theology, the final liberation of the soul or consciousness from samsara and the bringing to an end of all the suffering involved in being subject to the cycle of reincarnation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mukti
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Moksha мокша (mokša, “a Moksha person”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- Sanskrit मुच् (muc) Sanskrit मोक्ष् (mokṣ) Proto-Indo-European *-os Sanskrit -अ (-a) Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa)bor. English moksha Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa, “liberation”).
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Basque:
mokxa
— language
Belarusian:
макша́нская
(makšánskaja)
— language
Breton:
moksha
— language
Bulgarian:
мъкша́нски
(mǎkšánski)
— language
Chinese Mandarin:
莫克沙語 /莫克沙语
(Mòkèshāyǔ)
— language
Chuvash:
мӑкшӑ чӗлхи
(măkšă č̬ĕlh̬i)
— language
Dutch:
Moksha
— language
Erzya:
мокшонь
(mokšoń)
— language
Estonian:
mokša
— language
Finnish:
mokša
— language
French:
mokcha
— language
German:
Mokscha
— language
Hungarian:
moksa
— language
Italian:
moksha
— language
Italian:
moxel
— language
Japanese:
モクシャ語
(Mokusha-go)
— language
Kannada:
ಮೊಕ್ಷ
(mokṣa)
— language
Komi-Zyrian:
мокша
(mokša)
— language
Macedonian:
мо́кшански
(mókšanski)
— language
Malayalam:
മൊക്ഷ
(mokṣa)
— language
Marathi:
मोक्शा
(mokśā)
— language
Eastern Mari:
мокша
(mokša)
— language
Moksha:
мокшень
(mokšeń)
— language
Polish:
język moksza
— language
Portuguese:
moksha
— language
Russian:
мокша́нский
(mokšánskij)
— language
Serbo-Croatian:
мокшански
— language
Serbo-Croatian:
mokšanski
— language
Spanish:
moksha
— language
Spanish:
moxel
— language
Swedish:
moksja
— language
Tatar:
мухши
(muxşi)
— language
Telugu:
మొక్ష
(mokṣa)
— language
Turkish:
Mokşanca
— language
Udmurt:
мокша
(mokša)
— language
Ukrainian:
мокша́нська
(mokšánsʹka)
— language
Chuvash:
мӑкшӑ
(măkšă)
— a member of the people who speak this language
Erzya:
мокшет
(mokšet)
— a member of the people who speak this language
Hungarian:
moksa
— a member of the people who speak this language
Komi-Zyrian:
мокша
(mokša)
— a member of the people who speak this language
Marathi:
मोक्शा
(mokśā)
— a member of the people who speak this language
Eastern Mari:
мокша
(mokša)
— a member of the people who speak this language
Moksha:
мокша
(mokša)
— a member of the people who speak this language
Polish:
Mokszanin
— a member of the people who speak this language
Polish:
Mokszanka
— a member of the people who speak this language
Russian:
мокшанин
(mokšanin)
— a member of the people who speak this language
Russian:
мокшанка
(mokšanka)
— a member of the people who speak this language
Udmurt:
мокша
(mokša)
— a member of the people who speak this language
Chinese Mandarin:
解脫 /解脱
(jiětuō)
— liberation — see also mukti
German:
Moksha
— liberation — see also mukti
Hindi:
मोक्ष
(mokṣ)
— liberation — see also mukti
Japanese:
解脱
(gedatsu)
— liberation — see also mukti
Korean:
해탈
(haetal)
— liberation — see also mukti
Pali:
मोक्ष
(mokṣa)
— liberation — see also mukti
Polish:
moksza
— liberation — see also mukti
Punjabi:
ਮੋਕਸ਼
(mokaś)
— liberation — see also mukti
Russian:
мо́кша
(mókša)
— liberation — see also mukti
Sanskrit:
मोक्ष
(mokṣa)
— liberation — see also mukti
Thai:
โมกษะ
(môok-sà)
— liberation — see also mukti
Tibetan:
ཐར་པ་
— liberation — see also mukti
Vietnamese:
giải thoát
— liberation — see also mukti
