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Tuba (given name)

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Tuba
Genderfemale
Language(s)Arabic
Origin
Word/nameطُوبَى
Other names
Variant form(s)Tuğba (in Turkish)
Anglicisation(s)Tooba, Touba, Toba

Tuba (also Anglicised as Tooba, Touba, or less frequently Toba; Arabic: طُوبَى, romanizedṬūbā, lit.'blessedness'[1]) is a female name of Arabic origin. It has been common since the 1970s in Turkey,[2] where it is often spelt Tuğba (and that spelling has the same pronunciation as Tuba in Turkish),[2] but it has also been used in other parts of the Muslim world, notably in Pakistan, where it is spelled طوبیٰ in Urdu. This name derives from Ṭūbā, a tree that Muslims believe grows in heaven.[2] By etymology, this word is borrowed from Syriac Aramaic ܛܘܼܒ݂ܵܐ ṭūḇā meaning blessedness. Other meanings ascribed are "blessedness", "good news", "pure beauty","delightful" and "life".[citation needed]

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  1. ^ English Translations of Verse 13:29 of the Koran. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Derya Duman. "A Characterization of Turkish Personal Name Inventory". International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 165 (2004), p. 165. Retrieved 15 December 2011.