तुखार
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- तुषार (tuṣāra)
- तुःखार (tuḥkhāra), तुक्खर (tukkhara)
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /t̪uˈkʰɑː.ɾɐ/
Proper noun
तुखार • (tukhāra) m
- Tukhara (a 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.
- dhanakanakarajatasaṃcayāś ca sarve śamadamamantraparāś caye manuṣyāḥ .
- धनकनकरजतसंचयाश् च सर्वे शमदममन्त्रपराश् चये मनुष्याः ।
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of तुखार (tukhāra) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | तुखारः tukhāraḥ | तुखारौ tukhārau | तुखाराः / तुखारासः¹ tukhārāḥ / tukhārāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | तुखार tukhāra | तुखारौ tukhārau | तुखाराः / तुखारासः¹ tukhārāḥ / tukhārāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | तुखारम् tukhāram | तुखारौ tukhārau | तुखारान् tukhārān |
Instrumental | तुखारेण tukhāreṇa | तुखाराभ्याम् tukhārābhyām | तुखारैः / तुखारेभिः¹ tukhāraiḥ / 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 |
Notes |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “तुखार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 449/3.