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Definition of Tocharian
1. Noun. A branch of the Indo-European language family that originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D..
Specialized synonyms: East Tocharian, Turfan, Turfan Dialect, Kuchean, Kuchean Dialect, West Tocharian
Definition of Tocharian
1. Proper noun. An extinct branch of the Indo-European language family, consisting of two languages, Tocharian A and Tocharian B, written in an abugida derived from Brahmi. ¹
2. Noun. Any member of a people who inhabited the (w Tarim Basin) and spoke Tocharian. ¹
3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Tocharian or the Tocharians. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tocharian
Literary usage of Tocharian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Historical Jurisprudence by Paul Vinogradoff (1920)
"... mata matar— tocharian macar Armenian mair Latin mater OHGerman. ... birth to
the child": Sanskrit tocharian gna sen Old Armenian Gothic English kin ..."
2. The Home of the Indo-Europeans by Harold Herman Bender (1922)
"The tocharian has quite recently been used as the piece de resistance in a
collection of arguments intended to prove the probability of the Asiatic origin ..."
3. The Home of the Indo-Europeans by Harold Herman Bender (1922)
"The tocharian has quite recently been used as the piece de resistance in a
collection of arguments intended to prove the probability of the Asiatic origin ..."
4. Historical Grammar of the Ancient Persian Language by Edwin Lee Johnson (1917)
"To these groups is to be added tocharian, the newly discovered Indo-European
language from Chinese Turkestan. 74. Indo-European. Other names that have been ..."
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