Tocharian B

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC dzjen, “Chinese cash coin”).[1]

Noun

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cāne ? (plural cāni)

  1. cash (a unit of currency equivalent to a Chinese bronze or copper coin)
  2. (in the plural) money

References

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  1. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “cāne*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 271