murś

See also: murs, murš, and mûrs

Romani

Alternative forms

• mursh (Anglicized)
• murš (Pan-Vlax)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पुरुष (puruṣa), with influence from मनुष्य (manuṣya). Cognate with Sindhi [script needed] (mursu) and Khetrani [script needed] (murs).

Noun

murś m (plural murśa)

1. (International Standard) man (regardless of whether he is Romani or not)

Descendants

• Angloromani: mush
  • → English: mush
• Tavringer Romani: mus, muss, musij, mossj, måssj
  • → Swedish: musch, mors (possibly)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manuṣyà”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 564
• Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 25
• Gerd Carling (2005) “musch”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 93
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “murś”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 140