Kushan

English

Etymology

Epigraphic (Bactrian in Greek script) ΚΟϷΑΝ košan, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Guṣāṇa, Parthian kšn, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese 貴霜／贵霜 (Guìshuāng). The conventional name Kushan and the proposed connection with the Chinese term is due to Alexander Cunningham's Coins of the Indo-Scythians, Sakas & Kushans (1899).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊʃɑːn/, /kʊˈʃɑːn/

Proper noun

Kushan

1. (history) An ancient Indo-Scythian or Tocharian realm in Central Asia and Northern India.
2. The Bactrian language.

Translations

ancient realm

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: Քուշանք (Kʻušankʻ)

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• Bactrian: κυϸανο (kušano)
• Parthian: 𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓 (Kūšānšahr)

Noun

Kushan (plural Kushans)

1. (history) A member of the dynasty that founded and ruled the Kushan realm.

Translations

member of the dynasty

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: քուշանք pl (kʻušankʻ)

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• Russian: куша́н (kušán)

Adjective

Kushan (comparative more Kushan, superlative most Kushan)

1. (history) Of or relating to the Kushans or the Kushan realm.

Translations

of or relating to the Kushans or the Kushan realm

• Russian: куша́нский (kušánskij)
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Anagrams

• Ashkun, Kansuh, ankhus