taskala

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

تاسكالا (sense 1)

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *skend-der.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
Proto-Italic *skand-slā
Latin scālader.
Proto-Berber
Tashelhit taskala

    Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Latin scāla (“ladder”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Arabic سُلَّم (sullam) or/and French échelle.

    Noun

    taskala f (plural taskaliwin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⴽⴰⵍⴰ, Arabic spelling تاسكالا)

    2. ladder
      فكيّي تاسكالا يمژّييْن! ― Fk yyi tskala imẓẓiyn! ― Give me the small ladder!
    4. (neologism) scale (of measurement, including magnitude; on a map; in music)

    Inflection

    Inflection of taskala
    singular plural
    free state taskala taskaliwin
    annexed state taskala taskaliwin

    See also

    References

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