Word.ws English Dictionary

Tokharian

/toʊˈkɛɹi.ən/UK/təuˈkɛəɹi.ən/

Tokharian is the alternative form of Tocharian.

Meaning of Tocharian

Adjective

Tocharian

  1. (original sense) Of or relating to the Tochari (people of Bactria).
    • We have now come to one of the great names in ancient Indian history, that of the Indo-Scythian prince Kanishka, whose conversion to the faith of Sâkya Muni gave a sudden impulse to the propagation of Buddhism, which rapidly spread its doctrines to the utmost bounds of the Tocharian dominion.1871, Alexander Cunningham, Archæological Survey of India, volume 2, Shimla, page 67
  2. [from 20th c.] Of or pertaining to the Tocharian languages or the Tocharians of the Tarim Basin.

See all 5 meanings of Tocharian

Forms of Tokharian

Adjective
comparativemore Tokharian
superlativemost Tokharian
Noun
pluralTokharians

Words that rhyme with Tokharian

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Tokharian

What is Tokharian the alternative form of?
Tokharian is the alternative form of Tocharian.
How do you pronounce Tokharian?
Tokharian is pronounced /təuˈkɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).

Words near Tokharian in the dictionary

  1. tokes
  2. tokes up
  3. Tokhar
  4. Tokharestan
  5. Tokhari
  6. Tokharian
  7. Tokharians
  8. Tokharistan
  9. Tokharistani
  10. Tokhars
  11. tokhes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Tokharian (page history and authors); Tocharian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Tokharian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tokharian. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.