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noun
an inflated skin-bag for water, variously said to be made from goats, from cows or from dogs, often by bheesties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, Pakistan, historical
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Urdu مشک (maśak) / Hindi मशक (maśak), from Persian مشک (mašk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mšk' /mašk/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐏁𐎣𐎠 (m-š-k-a /maškā/), via Aramaic or another descendant of Proto-Semitic *mašk- (“skin”).
