Tuba (given name) explained

Gender:female
Language:Arabic
Origin:Arabic: طُوبَى
Anglicisation:Tooba, Touba, Toba
Variant Forms:Tuğba (in Turkish)

Tuba (also Anglicised as Tooba, Touba, or less frequently Toba; Arabic: طُوبَى|translit=Ṭūbā|lit=blessedness[1]) is a female name of Arabic origin. It has been common since the 1970s in Turkey, 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 Urdu: طوبیٰ in Urdu. This name derives from Ṭūbā, a tree that Muslims believe grows in heaven.[2] Other meanings ascribed are "blessedness", "good news", "pure beauty","delightful" and "life".

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Notes and References

  1. http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=13&verse=29 English Translations of Verse 13:29 of the Koran.
  2. Derya Duman. "A Characterization of Turkish Personal Name Inventory". International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 165 (2004), p. 165. Retrieved 15 December 2011.