asāṃ

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आसन (āsana). Compare Tocharian A āsāṃ.

Noun

asāṃ

1. seat, throne
2. (anatomy) buttocks (when dual)

Descendants

• asānṣṣe

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “asāṃ”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 35