tafaska

Tashelhit

Other scripts

Tifinagh		ⵜⴰⴼⴰⵙⴽⴰ
Arabic		تافاسكا

Etymology

An old borrowing from Latin pascha (“pascha / passover”), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (pasḥā), from Biblical Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ).

Compare Italian Pasqua, English Pascha, Spanish Pascua, Portuguese Páscoa, and Swahili Pasaka.

Noun

tafaska f (plural tifaskiwn)

1. Eid al-Adha