Tocharian B

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Etymology

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From the Uyghur word for lion. Compare Turkish Arslan. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Ārslāṃ

  1. a male given name

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “Ārslāṃ”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 57