uśir

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Tocharian B

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उशीर (uśīra).

Noun

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uśir ?

  1. (botany) root of the vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides)

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “uśir”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 77