puška

From Old Czech puška, borrowed from Old High German buhsa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā, borrowed from Late Latin buxis, borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís), from πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos) + -ις (-is).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuʃka]

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• Rhymes: -uʃka

puška f (diminutive puštička)

1. rifle
2. (by extension) gun (any firearm resembling a rifle)

• “puška”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “puška”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “puška”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from Old High German buhsa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā, borrowed from Late Latin buxis, borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís), from πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos) + -ις (-is).

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpuʃka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpuʃka/

puška f

1. vessel, small box

• Czech: puška

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “puška”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

From Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

• IPA^(key): /pûʃka/
• Hyphenation: puš‧ka

pȕška f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏шка, diminutive pȕškica)

1. rifle
2. (by extension) gun (any firearm resembling a rifle)

• → Albanian: pushkë

• “puška”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Derived from Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuʃka]
• Rhymes: -uʃka

puška f

1. rifle
2. (by extension) gun (any firearm resembling a rifle)

• “puška”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

• IPA^(key): /púːʃka/

pȗška f

1. rifle
2. (by extension) gun (any firearm resembling a rifle)

• “puška”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “puška”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references