To·char·i·an
| \ tō-ˈker-ē-ən
, -ˈkär-
\
, -ˈkär-
\
variants:
or less commonly Tokharian
Definition of Tocharian
1a
: 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
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“Tocharian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tocharian. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.
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The first known use of Tocharian was in 1926
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