Tocharian B

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 數盤 (MC srjuX|srjuH|sraewk ban, “counting board”) + 工具 (MC kuwng gjuH, “instrument”).[1]

Adjective

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ṣipāṅkiñc m

  1. abacus

References

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  1. ^
    2003, Alexander Lubotsky, Sergey Starostin, “Turkic and Chinese loan words in Tocharian”, in Bauer, Brigitte L.M., Pinault, Georges-Jean, editors, Language in Time and Space: A Festschrift for Werner Winter on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday, pages 257-269: