Reconstruction:Tocharian B/kurkam

This Tocharian B entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Tocharian B

Etymology

Likely from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwlkwm /⁠kurkum⁠/). Compare the other borrowings of Old Armenian քրքում (kʻrkʻum) and Old Georgian ქურქუმაჲ (kurkumay). Only attested in the suffixed form kurkamäṣṣe.

Noun

*kurkam ?

1. saffron, Crocus sativus

Derived terms

• kurkamäṣṣe (“pertaining to”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kurkamäṣṣe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 196