Kertik

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृतिका (kṛtikā).

Proper noun

Kertik

1. (astronomy) the Pleiades star cluster

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “Kertik”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 211