āmpär

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Tocharian B

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mr, a form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (to join together). If so, cognate with English arm and Latin arma (whence English armor).

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Noun

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āmpär ?

  1. bodily limb, member

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आम्र (āmra).

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Noun

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āmpär ?

  1. mango

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āmpär”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 48