Product Description

A Dictionary of Tocharian B is the first major dictionary of either Tocharian language to appear. It attempts to include all known Tocharian B words, including the large number of Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit borrowings, with as complete a record of meaning, morphology, and etymology as is currently possible. Relevant contextual examples are provided where possible. It also contains a reverse, English-Tocharian B, index including a general index, and index of proper names, an index of names of meters, and an index of words of unknown meaning. This volume is of interest to both students of Tocharian B trying to work their way through Tocharian B texts and to Tocharianists and Indo-Europeanists who are interested in the connection of Tocharian to the rest of Indo-European. Bibliographical references provide a reasonably complete history of lexical and etymological research in Tocharian B.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3179927 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Library Binding
• 864 pages

Customer Reviews

A useful resource, but at times inadequate
A well-researched and useful resource, especially for one in my field, I found this composition, particularily the index format, exceedingly sterile and at times difficult to use. The bibliographical references are at times alarmingly thin, but still useful. A good handbook for Indo-European language educators/students nevertheless.

Valuable work
I am glad about the edition of this dictionary. The Indo-European language of a nation which used to live far away from Europe has been made accessible to scholars and to people interested in Tocharian language. It is an expensive book but still very usefull.