war

Cite this page as:	"war". 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_war (accessed 14 Jan. 2026).
Meaning:	“smell, odor”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	were
Lexeme variants:	war
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-añ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	war	warañ
voc
acc	war	waras
gen
loc	waraṃ
comit		warsaśśäl
inst	waryo
abl
perl
all	warac
caus

Lexeme family

• wär-
  • wär- “to smell” gv
    • war “smell, odor” m

      	sg	pl
      nom	war	warañ
      acc	war	waras
      loc	waraṃ
      comit		warsaśśäl
      inst	waryo
      all	warac

      • waro “stinking”

        	sg.m
        nom	waro

      • warom “smelling”

        	sg.m
        acc	waromänt

    • wär- “to smell” gv.prs8

      	sg.act
      3	wräṣ

    • wär- “to smell” gv.imp3

      	sg.mid
      2	pursār

    • wär- “to smell” gv.pret4
      • wawärṣu “to smell” part.pret4

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	wawärṣu, wawärṣunt	wawärṣunt	wawärṣuṣ, wawärṣunt	wawärṣunt
        acc	wawärṣunt	wawärṣunt	wawärṣunt	wawärṣunt

Occurrences

war

1	A 98 a6	ñäktañ talkeṣiṃ ysār śwāl	war	pat śwā b1 ///
2	A 153 b5	/// prutko =ki ñäkci	war	• tmäṣ viśākhā ṣñi
3	A 236 a2	mā – – – – ṣyāṃ asnäṣ	war	ce /// a3 ///
4	A 374 a4	śmaśāṃ a4 /// nisakulyik	war	wräkṣa a5 /// ·rä
5	A 430 a3	a3 /// s watkurā	war	wipāsi lywā-ṃ sām śkaṃ
6	THT 1422.a b3	/// b3 /// ñcä	war	tspo /// b4 ///
7	THT 1494.a b1	– /// b1 ///	war	pre wl· m· ///
8	YQ V.1 b8	suk tsinātsi tspok lkātsi	war	puk skaṣi-kk ats :