taskala

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • taskiliya, tiskiliya

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scāla (“ladder”). Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight taskalya.

Noun

taskala f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⴽⴰⵍⴰ, plural taskaliwin)

  1. ladder
    Fk yyi taskala imẓẓiyn! ― Give me the small ladder!
  2. (neologism) scale

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025) Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2545a
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