tocharian
IPA: tˈɑtʃˈɛriʌn
Root Word: Tocharian
noun
- (linguistics) 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.
- Any member of a people who inhabited the Tarim Basin and spoke Tocharian.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Tocharian or the Tocharians.
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Examples of "tocharian" in Sentences
- Hittite and Tocharian show us that.
- Tocharian is the proper name for the culture.
- This meaning subsequently passed into Tocharian.
- The term Tocharian or Tokharian has a complex history.
- Once the lake also supported a thriving Tocharian culture.
- It is the only journal in worldcat on the subject of Tocharian.
- Our article on Tocharian says next to nothing about its grammar.
- Sir the onwers and the fabricators of the caves were the Tocharian people
- They were like Iranian people with Tocharian people, related but not the same.