توسکا

Mazanderani

Noun

توسکا (tuskâ)

alder tree

Persian

Alternative forms

توسا‎ (tusâ), توسه‎ (tuse), طوس‎ (tus), توس‎ (tus), توش‎ (tuš), طوش‎ (tuš), غوش‎ (guš), غوشه‎ (guše), هوش‎ (huš), تیس‎ (tis)

Etymology

From Mazanderani توسکا‎ (tuskā), تسکا‎ (teskā), توسا‎ (tusā), تسا‎ (tosā, “alder”). Apparently ultimately Mongolic, Mongolian хус (xus, “birch”), with the ending (-â) as in many Mongolic nouns auslauting in -аа (-aa); correspondingly, Persian ‎ (qân, “birch”) is from Turkic.

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [tʰusˈkʰɒ]

Noun

توسکا • (tuskâ) (plural توسکاها‎ (tuskâ-hâ))

betulaceous tree, alder or birch (whereof the disyllables more often alder and the monosyllables birch)
(variant ‎ (tis)) mountain ash, rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)

Proper noun

توسکا • (tuskâ)

a female given name, Tooska, Touska, Tuska

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