"In the Tune of the King of Khotan": The Name of Khotan in the Tarim Basin and Beyond
The name of Khotan (Old Khotanese hvatana -) is attested in Chinese, Niya Prakrit, Tibetan, Sogdian, and Old Uyghur. Strangely, the name has not previously been identified in Tocharian and Bactrian. This paper argues that a form of the name of Khotan is actually attested in Tocharian A and B and was...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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American Oriental Society
2023
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Journal of the American Oriental Society
Jahr: 2023, Band: 143, Heft: 2, Seiten: 289-308 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The name of Khotan (Old Khotanese hvatana -) is attested in Chinese, Niya Prakrit, Tibetan, Sogdian, and Old Uyghur. Strangely, the name has not previously been identified in Tocharian and Bactrian. This paper argues that a form of the name of Khotan is actually attested in Tocharian A and B and was borrowed from native speakers of Pre - or Old Khotanese. Moreover, the Bactrian documents may have preserved a form of the name of Khotan as well. The analysis of the newly identified forms enables a fresh examination of the borrowing directions of the name of Khotan in the Tarim Basin and beyond and allows several historical and linguistic conclusions. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2289 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: American Oriental Society, Journal of the American Oriental Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7817/jaos.143.2.2023.ar011 |