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Tochari

/ˈtɒkəraɪ/

Tochari noun: an ancient people of Bactria.

Noun

Tochari pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An ancient people of Bactria.
    • Then followe the Tochari, and then the Phurij, and the Seres, nations altogyther barbarous, neyther inſtructed in any kynde of learning, neyther gyuen to ſtudie, or exerciſe of any thyng, but onely wandring in wylde and deſerte places, […]1572, The Surveye of the World, folio 14r
    • The Country of the Tochari is now call’d Tochariſtan.1725, Bernard de Montfaucon, The Antiquities of Italy, page 327

Tochari meaning in Sanskrit and Arabic

Tochari in Sanskrit

Translations
तुखाराः tukhārāḥ

Tochari in Arabic

Translations
طُخَار ṭuḵār

Examples of Tochari in a sentence

  • The Tochari were mountaineers, on the declivity which regards Bactriana; and Tokariſtan is ſtill the name of the country between the mountains and the Gihon, or Oxus.1792, The Monthly Review, volume 9, page 44:
  • Meanwhile Bactria submitted to the Tochari of Western writers (Sanskrit, Tukhāra).1957, Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford, editor, Antiquity, volumes 31–32, page 137:

Synonyms of Tochari

Forms of Tochari

alternative formTokhari

Origin of Tochari

Borrowed from Latin Tocharī pl, from Ancient Greek Τόχαροι pl (Tókharoi).

Questions about Tochari

What does Tochari mean?
Tochari means an ancient people of Bactria.
What is Tochari in Sanskrit?
Tochari in Sanskrit is तुखाराः (tukhārāḥ). See Tochari meaning in Sanskrit.
How do you use Tochari in a sentence?
The Tochari were mountaineers, on the declivity which regards Bactriana; and Tokariſtan is ſtill the name of the country between the mountains and the Gihon, or Oxus.
What part of speech is Tochari?
Tochari is a noun.
How do you pronounce Tochari?
Tochari is pronounced /ˈtɒkəraɪ/.

Words near Tochari in the dictionary

  1. toceranib
  2. TOCFL
  3. Toch.
  4. Tocharese
  5. Tocharestan
  6. Tochari
  7. Tocharian
  8. Tocharian A
  9. Tocharian B
  10. Tocharianist
  11. Tocharianists

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