kuṣṭa

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha).

Noun

kuṣṭa ?

1. crepe ginger; Costus speciosus, used as a medicine

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kuṣṭa”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 199