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oktaśke

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Tocharian B

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Probably a form of okt (eight), possibly as a partial calque from Sanskrit of अष्टका (aṣṭakā, eight day after a full moon) or अष्टमी (aṣṭamī, eight day in a half month).

Noun

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oktaśke ?

  1. a type of festival

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “oktaśke”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 116