Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tokhar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tokhar
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of Tocharian (“any member of the Tochari, a people who inhabited Bactria”)

Example Sentences

"Here too it remained still dispossessed by the Hiungnû, B.C. 177 (Shi-ki, cxxiii) when the tribe broke up, the greater part migrating to Baktria, where for a time they associated with the Tokhars 大夏, afterwards appearing as the Ephthalîtae of the later Greek historians."
"While the Tokhars are considered an Iranian tribe, the Yue-chi belonged, judging at least from their language, to the western branch of the Indo-European family."
"This time the nomads were the Yue-che (Yüe-czi), who, according to one authority (Tolstov), could be the same as the Greater Getae or Massagetae. It was probably a group of tribes, undoubtedly of Indo-European origin, one of which were the Tokhars who gave their name to Bactria (Tokharistan)."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τόχαρος (Tókharos) or Iranian Persian تُخار (toxâr).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Τόχαρος, تُخار

Inflected Forms

Tokhars (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Tokharistan

Synonyms

Tocharian

Questions

What does tokhar mean?: Synonym of Tocharian (“any member of the Tochari, a people who inhabited Bactria”)
Where does tokhar come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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