aptsar

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Meaning:	Carling et al. 2009: “Apsaras”; a celestial nymph
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. apsaras-
Lexeme variants:	aptsar
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	feminine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	aptsarr, aptsar	aptsarntu, aptsaräntu
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acc	aptsar	aptsaräṃtu, aptsaräntu
gen		aptsarntwis
loc		aptsarntwaṃ
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inst		aptsarntuyo
abl		aptsaräntwäṣ
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Lexeme family

• aptsar “Apsaras” a celestial nymph f

  	sg	pl
  nom	aptsarr, aptsar	aptsarntu, aptsaräntu
  acc	aptsar	aptsaräṃtu, aptsaräntu
  gen		aptsarntwis
  loc		aptsarntwaṃ
  inst		aptsarntuyo
  abl		aptsaräntwäṣ

Occurrences

aptsar

1

A 110 b3

sām ñä- b3 -(kci)

(aptsar)

/// ts(i)tālune mā kälpos

Bibliography

Carling et al. 2009

Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.