oktaśke

Tocharian B edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Probably a form of okt (“eight”), possibly as a partial calque of Sanskrit of अष्टका (aṣṭakā, “eight day after a full moon”) or अष्टमी (aṣṭamī, “eight day in a half month”).

Noun edit

oktaśke ?

a type of festival

Further reading edit

Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “oktaśke”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 116