तुखार
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from an Indo-Iranian source. Cognate with Old Persian [script needed] (tuxāri-), Khotanese [script needed] (ttahvāra), Ancient Greek Τόχαρος (Tókharos) (whence English Tocharian).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
तुखार • (tukhāra) m
- Tukhara (an Indo-European but non-Indo-Aryan people to the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, often identified as the founders of the Kushana Empire in India)
- c. 300 CE, Atharvaveda-Pariśiṣṭa 51.3.3:
- धनकनकरजतसंचयाश् च सर्वे शमदममन्त्रपराश् चये मनुष्याः ।
शकयवनतुखारबाल्हिकाश् च क्षयम् उपयान्ति दिवाकरस्य घाते ॥- dhanakanakarajatasaṃcayāś ca sarve śamadamamantraparāś caye manuṣyāḥ.
śakayavanatukhārabālhikāś ca kṣayam upayānti divākarasya ghāte. - The accretion of riches, gold, and silver; all fully dedicated to counsels of calmness and restraint; and these peoples
The Sakas, Yavanas, Tukharas, and Balhikas ascend the seat of the Sun, when (the astrological planet is) invaded.
- dhanakanakarajatasaṃcayāś ca sarve śamadamamantraparāś caye manuṣyāḥ.
- धनकनकरजतसंचयाश् च सर्वे शमदममन्त्रपराश् चये मनुष्याः ।
Declension[edit]
Masculine a-stem declension of तुखार (tukhāra) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | तुखारः tukhāraḥ |
तुखारौ / तुखारा¹ tukhārau / tukhārā¹ |
तुखाराः / तुखारासः¹ tukhārāḥ / tukhārāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | तुखार tukhāra |
तुखारौ / तुखारा¹ tukhārau / tukhārā¹ |
तुखाराः / तुखारासः¹ tukhārāḥ / tukhārāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | तुखारम् tukhāram |
तुखारौ / तुखारा¹ tukhārau / tukhārā¹ |
तुखारान् tukhārān |
Instrumental | तुखारेण tukhāreṇa |
तुखाराभ्याम् tukhārābhyām |
तुखारैः / तुखारेभिः¹ tukhāraiḥ / tukhārebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | तुखाराय tukhārāya |
तुखाराभ्याम् tukhārābhyām |
तुखारेभ्यः tukhārebhyaḥ |
Ablative | तुखारात् tukhārāt |
तुखाराभ्याम् tukhārābhyām |
तुखारेभ्यः tukhārebhyaḥ |
Genitive | तुखारस्य tukhārasya |
तुखारयोः tukhārayoḥ |
तुखाराणाम् tukhārāṇām |
Locative | तुखारे tukhāre |
तुखारयोः tukhārayoḥ |
तुखारेषु tukhāreṣu |
Notes |
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References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “तुखार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 449/3.