TOCHARIAN


Meaning of TOCHARIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also To·khar·i·an tō-ˈker-ē-ən,-ˈkär-

Etymology: Greek Tocharoi

Date: 1926

1.

a. : a language of central Asia known from documents from the sixth to eighth centuries A.D.

b. : a branch of the Indo-European language family containing Tocharian — see Indo-European languages table

2. : a member of a people of presumably Indo-European speech dwelling in central Asia during the first millennium of the Christian era

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.