释义 |
Turfanian|tɜːˈfeɪnɪən| [f. Turfan in Chinese Turkestan + -ian.] A name given to the western dialect of Tocharian, otherwise known as Tocharian A. Also ˈTurfan, Turfaˈnese.
1939Turfanese [see Kuchaean, kuchean]. 1958Priebsch & Collinson German Lang. (ed. 4) i. i. 6 Another extinct group of I.E. dialects is..Turfan (Turfanian, W. Tocharian or Toch. B). 1972W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-Europ. Lang. 254 Tocharian A was spoken at Karashahr and Turfan; it is sometimes called Turfanian. |