Tukhara
/tʊˈkɑːrə/
Tukhara noun: synonym of Tocharian (“any member of the Tochari, a people who inhabited Bactria”).
Noun
Tukhara (plural Tukharas)
- Synonym of Tocharian (“any member of the Tochari, a people who inhabited Bactria”)
- The memoirs of the Chinese pilgrim Hwen Thsang, in the first part of the 7th century, give many particulars of the prevalence of his religion in the numerous principalities into which the empire of the Tukharas had broken up; and it is remarkable how many of these states and their names are...1875, The Encyclopædia Britannica, page 24
- Synonyms:
- Tocharian
Synonyms of Tukhara
Forms of Tukhara
| plural | Tukharas |
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Origin of Tukhara
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तुखार (tukhāra).
Questions about Tukhara
- What does Tukhara mean?
- Tukhara means synonym of Tocharian (“any member of the Tochari, a people who inhabited Bactria”).
- What part of speech is Tukhara?
- Tukhara is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Tukhara?
- Tukhara is pronounced /tʊˈkɑːrə/.
- What is the plural of Tukhara?
- The plural of Tukhara is Tukharas.
Words near Tukhara in the dictionary
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