Kushan

English

Etymology

Epigraphic (Bactrian in Greek script) ΚΟϷΑΝ košan, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Guṣāṇa, Parthian kšn, ultimately from Chinese 貴霜／贵霜 (Guìshuāng). The conventional name Kushan and the proposed connection with the Chinese term is due to Alexander Cunningham's Coins of the Indo-Scythians, Sakas & Kushans (1899).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊʃɑːn/, /kʊˈʃɑːn/

Proper noun

Kushan

(historical) conventional name of an ancient Indo-Scythian or Tocharian realm in Central Asia and Northern India
alternative name for Bactrian language being used by some scholars

Translations

ancient realm

Armenian:
Old Armenian: Քուշանք (Kʿušankʿ)

Bactrian: κυϸανο (kušano)
Parthian: 𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓‎ (Kūšānšahr)

Noun

Kushan (plural Kushans)

(historical) conventional name of a member of the dynasty that founded and ruled the Kushan realm

Translations

member of the dynasty

Armenian:
Old Armenian: քուշանք pl (kʿušankʿ)

Russian: куша́н (kušán)

Adjective

Kushan (comparative more Kushan, superlative most Kushan)

(historical) of or pertaining to the Kushans or the Kushan realm

Translations

of or pertaining to the Kushans or the Kushan realm

Russian: куша́нский (kušánskij)

Anagrams

Ashkun, Kansuh, ankhus

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