Khotanese Definition
kōtə-nēz, -nēs
noun
A Middle Iranian language preserved in Buddhist and secular documents from eastern Chinese Turkistan that date from about the fifth through the tenth century ad.
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Origin of Khotanese
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After Khotan , ancient kingdom centered around modern Hetian (Xinjiang Uygur), where the language was spoken from Khotanese Hvatana- s(w)e- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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