uśir

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उशीर (uśīra).

Noun

uśir ?

1. (botany) root of the vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “uśir”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 77