iścem

Tocharian B

Etymology

Borrowed from an Indo-Iranian source, ultimately either from the Bactria-Margiana substrate or Proto-Indo-European *is- (“clay, dough”). Compare Sanskrit इष्टका (iṣṭakā) and Persian خشت, both meaning "brick". Possibly related to iścake (“dirt, earth”), if that term is also a borrowing from Indo-Iranian.

Noun

iścem ?

1. clay
2. brick, tile (made of clay), ceramic

Derived terms

• iścemaṣṣe

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “iścem”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 72-73