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tocharian
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tocharian has 1 sense
- tocharian(n = noun.communication) - a branch of the Indo-European language family that originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D.; is a kind of indo-european, indo-european language, indo-hittite
has particulars: east tocharian, turfan, turfan dialect, kuchean, kuchean dialect, west tocharian
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tocharian, n. & adj.
--n.
1 an extinct Indo-European language of a central Asian people in the first millennium AD.
2 a member of the people speaking this language.
--adj. of or in this language.
--n.
1 an extinct Indo-European language of a central Asian people in the first millennium AD.
2 a member of the people speaking this language.
--adj. of or in this language.
Etymology
F tocharien f. L Tochari f. Gk Tokharoi a Scythian tribe
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