As a Hindi name
मूषिक · noun · masculine
चूहा । मूसा · सिरस का वृक्ष । शिरीप वृक्ष (को॰) · मूसनेवाला । तस्कर । चोर (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pl. N. of a people inhabiting the Malabar coast between Quilon and Cape Comorin, (B. bhūṣika)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mūṣika" is the vocative of "mūṣikā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
mūṣika m. a rat, mouse, Gaut.; MBh. &c.
Acacia Sirissa, L.
pl. N. of a people inhabiting the Malabar coast between Quilon and Cape Comorin, MBh. (B. bhūṣika)
mūṣika mf. (-kaḥ-kā) A rat, a mouse. m. (-kaḥ) 1 A tree, commonly Siris, (Mimosa sirisha.) 2 A thief, a plunderer. 3 A country, the part of the Malabar coast between Quilon and Cape Comorin. f. (-kā) 1 A plant, (Salvinia cucullata.) 2 A crucible. E. mūṣa to steal, Uṇādi aff. kinan, and the vowel made long; also mūṣikā, and mūṣā, mūṣī.
mūṣikā f. See below.
mūṣikā f. See below.
Alternative readings
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