Associations to the word «Tocharian»

Wiktionary

TOCHARIAN, 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.
TOCHARIAN, noun. Any member of a people who inhabited the Tarim Basin and spoke Tocharian.
TOCHARIAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to Tocharian or the Tocharians.
TOCHARIAN A, proper noun. Eastern member of Tocharian branch of Indo-European languages, extinct from ninth century. Once spoken in the Tarim Basin in Central Asia.
TOCHARIAN B, proper noun. Western member of Tocharian branch of Indo-European languages, extinct from ninth century. Once spoken in the Tarim Basin in Central Asia.

Dictionary definition

TOCHARIAN, noun. A branch of the Indo-European language family that originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D..

Wise words

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