Etymology

kastura

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Today it means: Synonym of musk deer. Full definition →

Indo-Aryan ← Sanskrit कस्तूरी
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromकस्तूरी“musk”
  2. Indo-Aryan · borrowed from
  3. English todaykastura

From Indo-Aryan terms derived from Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī, “musk”). Doublet of castoreum, or nearly so.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.