faso

== Bambara == === Etymology === From fa (“father”) +‎ so (“land”). === Noun === faso state, homeland ==== Derived terms ==== == Dyula == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fà.só/ === Noun === faso fatherland, homeland ==== Descendants ==== → French: Burkina Faso == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *fasō, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pē̆s- (“to blow”), which could be related to Polish pasmo (“band, strip, streak”). But, according to Kroonen, this is at odds with the spelling variants *fesōn and *fisōn, and he prefers a connection with Ancient Greek πτύσσω (ptússō, “I fold”), from a Pre-Germanic root *fisan-, from Proto-Indo-European *tpis-e- << *tpis-. === Noun === faso m fibre ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: vase German: Faser === References === == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaso/ [ˈfa.so] Rhymes: -aso Syllabification: fa‧so === Noun === faso m (plural fasos) (Lunfardo) joint (marijuana cigarette) === Further reading === “faso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025