puruhit
| Cite this page as: | "puruhit". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_A_puruhit (accessed 17 Jan. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | “minister, priest” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | purohite |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. purohita- |
| Lexeme variants: | puruhit |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | purohit, puruhit | purohitāñ | |
| voc | |||
| acc | purohitās | ||
| gen | purohitāśśi | ||
| loc | |||
| comit | purohitāsaśśäl | ||
| inst | |||
| abl | |||
| perl | |||
| all | purohitānac | ||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- purohit “minister, priest”
m
sg pl nom purohit, puruhit purohitāñ acc purohitās gen purohitāśśi comit purohitāsaśśäl all purohitānac - brāhma-purohituneṣi “"dignitatis sacerdotis (dicti) brāhmaṇa" (Poucha)”
sg.m gen brāhma-purohituneṣināp
- brāhma-purohituneṣi “"dignitatis sacerdotis (dicti) brāhmaṇa" (Poucha)”
Occurrences
puruhit
| 1 | A 343 a5 | 1 ॥ {s→r}äskär aru | puruhit | träṅ(käṣ) /// b1 – |
