aṅkāre

Tocharian B

Etymology

From the intensive prefix e(n)- + kare (“worth”), the latter possibly from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire”), making it cognate with Latin cārus (“dear”).

Noun

aṅkāre ?

1. profligacy
2. immorality

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “aṅkāre”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 6