Mosko
See also: mosko
English
Etymology
- As a Polish, Ukrainian, Slovak Moško), Belarusian Мосько (Mosʹko)) and Jewish surname, from a Slavic pet form of Moses.
- As a Greek surname, a variant of Moskos, from a personal name derived from μόσχος (móschos, “musk”). Compare Mosco.
Proper noun
Mosko (plural Moskos)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mosko is the 36585th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 611 individuals. Mosko is most common among White (95.74%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mosko”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 625.
Malay
Etymology
Likely through Arabic, attested in the Hikayat Perang Setambul poem manuscript chronicling the Crimean War in the 19th century.[1][2]
Proper noun
Mosko (Jawi spelling موسکو)
- Moscow, a federal city, the capital of Russia
References
- ^ “"Manuskrip ‘Hikayat Perang Setambul’ dan ‘Hikayat Peperangan Al-Maulana Sultan Istanbul Yang Bernama Abdul Hamid Khan': sejarah peperangan daulah Turki Uthmaniyah dan Rusia"”, in Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics and Strategic Studies[1], volume 43, number 2, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2016, pages 23-50
- ^ The Turkic-Turkish Theme in Traditional Malay Literature[2], Leiden: Brill, 2015, →ISBN, page 163
Northern Kurdish
Proper noun
Mosko ?