tiri

Cite this page as:	"tiri". 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_tiri (accessed 10 Nov. 2025).

Meaning:	“way, means, manner” Carling and Pinault 2023: “manner, rule, habit”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	teri
Lexeme variants:	tiri; tiry

Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating

Paradigm

1	A 64 a1	(ā)ñmaṣu eṃtsunt krañcäṃ wkäṃ	tiri	mättak päknāmo kotnaṣ •
2	A 64 a5	a5 (krañcäṃ) (wkäṃ) ;	(tiri)	(mättak) ; (pä)knāmo ;
3	A 66 a6	tu mar yutkatār k_uyalte	tiri	tṣaṃ tm-äk māk mākiss
4	A 71 b1	/// toyo ; śla	tiri	penu : lāñciṃ watku
5	A 82 b6	b6 – – – mät ne	tiri	bodhisatvāp kapśiññ· ///
6	A 106 a5	k ñuk nu ṣñi	tiri	pāsmār caṣ cmolaṃ camäṣ
7	A 106 a6	·yo hetutwati träṅkäṣ mā	tiri	ci nāśi – – – – b1
8	A 112 b5	le·omaṃ ypeyäntwaṃ – – ṣ	tir(i)	ku b6 /// kānikāñcāṃ
9	A 184 a1	– m tāpärk cam	tir(i)	a2 /// tām ytāraṃ
10	A 251 b8	; śrā(ddhe)śś(i) ; mā	tiri	naṣ ; (mä)ntā(tsi) ;
11	A 252 b8	; śrāddheśśi ; mā	tiri	naṣ ; mäntātsi ;
12	A 315 and 316 b6	ts pälkāl tāk •	tiri	nu täṣ mā säm
13	A 327 b5	tär täṣ nu nṣaṃ	tiri	• ॥ /// b6
14	A 332 a8	nu tāpärk /// (trä)a8ṅkäṣ	tiri	spärkṣantikāñ aśśāñ ṣurm k_uyalte
15	A 428 a1	a1 – – y·kt· wkä(ṃ)	tiri	ś· /// a2 tr·ti
16	A 436 b6	m weññā-mm anac lāñci	tiri	kä ///
17	A 460 a1	nu ॥ ācīrṇa •	tiri	/// a2 /// s
18	YQ I.3 a8	kärsiñc śāsträ ; krant	tiri	cesm-äk säm ; ṣtmāṣiṣ
19	YQ II.12 a7	; (präṅ)käss(i) ; mā	tiri	naṣ ; kāswone ;
20	YQ III.2 a2	yeṣ tām praṣṭaṃ śākkiñ	tiri	yāmtsānt äntā ne ptāñkäa3(t)

1	A 233 a3	a3 /// kyi näṣ	tiry	ane : lāstaṅk ā·i

a3 /// kyi näṣ

Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.