kāruṇikāñ
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| Meaning: | Carling et al. 2009: “merciful, compassionate”; “(n.) the compassionate one” |
| Word class: | adjective |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | karuṇīke |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. kāruṇika- |
| Lexeme variants: | kāruṇikāñ; kārūṇikāñ |
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| Number: | plural |
| Case: | nominative |
Paradigm
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Lexeme family
- kāruṃ “pity, mercy”
m
- kāruṃṣi “of pity”
- kāruṇik “merciful, compassionate”
“(n.) the compassionate one”
Occurrences
kārūṇikāñ
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.