ārtar

Tocharian B

Etymology 1

A form of ārtt- (“to praise, love”).

Noun

ārtar ?

1. act of praise

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “¹ārtar”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 53-54

Etymology 2

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥h₂-tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₂- (“border, line”), cognate with Hittite [script needed] (er-ḫa-aš /⁠erḫaš⁠/, “line, boundary”), Latin ōra (“brim, edge, boundary”), or perhaps borrowed from Sogdian 𐼰𐽀𐼹𐼰𐽀 (ʾrδʾr /⁠arδār⁠/, “region”), from Proto-Iranian *Hárdah (“half, side; place”).

Noun

ārtar ?

1. border

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “²ārtar”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 54