English
Tokhar
Tokhar may come from Ancient Greek Τόχαρος ‘a member of the Tochari’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΤόχαροςTókharos‘a member of the Tochari’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1885Tokhar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΤόχαροςTókharos‘a member of the Tochari’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1885Tokhar
Earliest quotation: 1885, Journal of the China Branch of the Royal: “Here too it remained still dispossessed by the Hiungnû,…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek Τόχαρος
Today it means
noun Synonym of Tocharian (“any member of the Tochari, a people who inhabited Bactria”)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Τόχαρος / Tokhar