Tocharishn.
/təˈkɑːrɪʃ//təˈkɛːrɪʃ/ The Tocharian language.
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1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 712/2 Up to 1909 only a preliminary account had been given of Tocharish, a hitherto unknown Indo-European language.
1926 J. R. R. Tolkien in Year's Work in Eng. Stud. 1924 27 The traditional Indo-European philology has suffered shocks in recent years, shocks from Tokharish and Hittite that begin at last to be felt even by the inexpert.
1939 Cambr. Anc. Hist. XII. iii. 97 A..language formerly known as Tocharish but now more correctly called the Kuchean or Turfanese language.
1956 J. Whatmough Lang. ix. 179 Irish and Welsh have a middle or passive voice in -r, analogies to which are known in Hittite, Phrygian, Tocharish, Latin, [etc.].
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n.1910- maiden's honesty
- maiden's water
- maiden's wreath
- maiden-auntish
- maiden-auntishly
- maiden-blush rose
- maiden-catching
- maiden-cheeked
- maiden-child
- maiden-eyed
- maiden-faced
- maiden-folded
- maiden-furled
- maiden-garnish
- maiden-gem
- maiden-heart
- maiden-hued
- maiden-lips
- maiden-meek
- maiden-monger
- maiden-rip
- maiden-servant
- maiden-skate
- maiden-thought
- maiden-wax