English
Kushan
Kushan may come from Sanskrit कुषाण ‘Kushan (person)’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकुषाणkuṣāṇa‘Kushan (person)’by way of Hindi कुषाणuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1982Kushan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकुषाणkuṣāṇa‘Kushan (person)’by way of Hindi कुषाणuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1982Kushan
Earliest quotation: 1982, Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development: “Lokakshema, who went to China at about the same…”
The story
The conventional name Kushan and the proposed connection with the Chinese term are due to Alexander Cunningham's Coins of the Indo-Scythians, Sakas & Kushans (1899).
Every English word from Sanskrit कुषाण
Today it means
noun A member of an ancient Central Asian tribe; later, a member of the ruling dynasty and people of the Kushan Empire.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit कुषाण / Kushan