any plant of the genus Origanum · oregano (Origanum vulgare) · tuft (of a plant, of hair etc.)
çekim: çoğul Doste · tamlayan Dostes
eş: Büschel, Oregano
köken: From Middle High German doste, from Old High German dost, dosto (“origanum; tuft”). Further origin unknown. According to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”), see also Norwegian tust (“tuft”), Proto-Germanic *þūmô (“thumb”). Compare Middle Low German doste (either cognate or from the High German).
A matryoshka doll. · An old or middle-aged Russian woman. · A fat woman.
çekim: çoğul maatuskat · tamlayan maatuskan
eş: matrjoška
köken: From Russian ма́тушка (mátuška, “mother, mum”). The Russian term for the doll is матрёшка (matrjóška, “Matryona”) (pet name for Matryona), but maatuska fits the Finnish pronunciation easier.