Khotanesen.adj.
/kəʊtəˈniːz/ A. n.
The people of Khotan; one of this people; the Middle Iranian language of Khotan.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [noun] > native or inhabitant of China > parts of
Formosan1707
Yarkandi1841
Yunnanese1849
Macanese1852
Manchurian1855
Cantonese1857
Pekingese1860
Khotanese1882
Teochew1893
Lisu1896
Lahu1900
Shanghailander1917
Szechuanese1918
Hunanese1937
Taiwanese1942
Yi1960
Shanghainese1964
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > east Scythian > Saka
Sakian1933
Khotanese1939
Saka1966
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 67/2 The Khotanese keep camels, horses..and fowls.
1907 A. Stein Anc. Khotan I. 141 It is a point of special interest that dancing..is a pastime freely indulged in by Khotanese of both sexes and of all classes.
1907 A. Stein Anc. Khotan I. 144 In the case of the Khotanese there has been, besides a slight admixture of Turkī blood, an admixture also of Tibetan.
1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. 320 Besides Middle Persian proper, we have a fair amount of material in some other Middle Iranian dialects, notably Middle Parthian..and Khotanese or Middle Sakian..in the southern part of East Turkistān.
1948 D. Diringer Alphabet ii. vi. 350 There are some indications to show that Khotanese began to be used in writing in the second century a.d.
1957 Archivum Linguisticum 9 ii. 128 The most likely source would seem to be Khotanese.
1961 H. W. Bailey Khotanese Texts IV. 14 The Buddhist literature of which complete or partial translations existed in Khotanese is of large extent.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to Khotan.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Far East > [adjective] > China > parts of China
Manchurian1706
Manchu1736
Cantonese1857
Min1902
Szechuanese1918
Khotanese1948
1948 D. Diringer Alphabet ii. vi. 350 The material contained in Khotanese manuscripts is of great variety; there are official and business documents, translations of Indian tales, [etc.].
1961 H. W. Bailey Khotanese Texts IV. 17 A celebrated Khotanese painter of Buddhist subjects.
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