Abstract Tocharian B eñcuwo “iron” and A añcu * have been connected to the Iranian words for “iron”, notably Khwarezmian hnčw . On basis of insights into patterns borrowings from Khotanese Tocharian, it is argued that must borrowed a preform hīśśana- “iron”. Further, new etymology proposed accounts variation this word in Iranian. The fact Khotanese, not archaic steppe dialect source many other ...

one of the oldest medical schools in the world is ayūrvedic school or indian traditional medicine whose history goes back to five thousand years ago. this school, which was formed and came to maturity in india, has affected on other medical schools in the world and iranian medical school has been affected by it. in remnant texts of one of the eastern middle iranian languages, khotanese, in east...

cognitive science has found out that languages typically make use of conceptual metaphors to concretize abstract meanings. conceptual metaphor explains a target domain which is abstract via a source domain which is concrete. in other words, conceptual metaphor compares an abstract domain with a concrete one and thus makes it understandable for listeners/readers. this article studies the concept...

Abstract The Buddhist Sanskrit Saṃghāṭa-sūtra includes several longer or shorter passages in verse, mostly śloka s. Many though not all of these verse also appear metrical form the Khotanese version, which makes use three metres known from longest Old poem, Book Zambasta . aim present article is to analyse order determine what extent treatment conforms practice relevant are therefore presented ...