तुखार

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • तुषार (tuṣāra)
  • तुःखार (tuḥkhāra), तुक्खर (tukkhara)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Probably from an Indo-Iranian source. Cognate with Old Persian [script needed] (tuxāri-), Khotanese [script needed] (ttahvāra), Ancient Greek Τόχαρος (Tókharos) (whence English Tocharian).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

तुखार • (tukhāra) stemm

  1. Tocharians (an Indo-European but non-Indo-Aryan people to the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, often identified as the founders of the Kushana Empire in India)
    • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
    • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa
    • c. 300 CE, Atharvaveda-Pariśiṣṭa 51.3.3:
      धनकनकरजतसंचयाश् च सर्वे शमदममन्त्रपराश् चये मनुष्याः ।
      शकयवनतुखारबाल्हिकाश् च क्षयम् उपयान्ति दिवाकरस्य घाते ॥
      dhanakanakarajatasaṃcayāś ca sarve śamadamamantraparāś caye manuṣyāḥ.
      śakayavanatukhārabālhikāś ca kṣayam upayānti divākarasya ghāte.
      The accretion of riches, gold, and silver; all fully dedicated to counsels of calmness and restraint; and these peoples
      The Sakas, Yavanas, Tukharas, and Balhikas ascend the seat of the Sun, when (the astrological planet is) invaded.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तुखार
singular dual plural
nominative तुखारः (tukhāraḥ) तुखारौ (tukhārau)
तुखारा¹ (tukhārā¹)
तुखाराः (tukhārāḥ)
तुखारासः¹ (tukhārāsaḥ¹)
accusative तुखारम् (tukhāram) तुखारौ (tukhārau)
तुखारा¹ (tukhārā¹)
तुखारान् (tukhārān)
instrumental तुखारेण (tukhāreṇa) तुखाराभ्याम् (tukhārābhyām) तुखारैः (tukhāraiḥ)
तुखारेभिः¹ (tukhārebhiḥ¹)
dative तुखाराय (tukhārāya) तुखाराभ्याम् (tukhārābhyām) तुखारेभ्यः (tukhārebhyaḥ)
ablative तुखारात् (tukhārāt) तुखाराभ्याम् (tukhārābhyām) तुखारेभ्यः (tukhārebhyaḥ)
genitive तुखारस्य (tukhārasya) तुखारयोः (tukhārayoḥ) तुखाराणाम् (tukhārāṇām)
locative तुखारे (tukhāre) तुखारयोः (tukhārayoḥ) तुखारेषु (tukhāreṣu)
vocative तुखार (tukhāra) तुखारौ (tukhārau)
तुखारा¹ (tukhārā¹)
तुखाराः (tukhārāḥ)
तुखारासः¹ (tukhārāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “तुखार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 449, column 3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “tukhāra-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 248