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mashk, and H. मशक maśak, vulg. masak[S. मशकः], s.f. A leather bag (esp. for carrying water;—the entire hide of a goat or sheep made into a bag and used by water-carriers. In some parts of India the term is applied to an inflated buffalo-hide, which is used as a float in crossing a river):—maśak ćhoṛnāor ćhoṛ-denā(-ke nām), To discharge or empty a maśak (in the name of a goddess, or against malign influence); to quench the thirst, or to appease the wrath (of the goddess of small-pox); to remove the influence (of an evil spirit):—mashkeṅ ćhūṭnā(-kī), To have copious discharges (of), to have diarrhœa.
Origin: Persian