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Kushan
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kushan Ku-shan
English
Etymology 1
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From en sa कुषाण via en hi कुषाण, or from en pal kwšn kušān,Bremer-McCollum, Adam 2025 The Pearlsong: Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation Harvard University Press https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/42718538 90 The spelling <kwšn> Kušān is found in Iranian inscriptions, and the name is kuṣāṇa or koṣāṇa in Kushan Prakrit (Brāhmī script) inscriptions. either way from en xbc Κοϸανο, ultimately from en zh - 貴霜 (compare Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit guṣāṇa). en Kushana.
The conventional name Kushan and the proposed connection with the Chinese term are due to Alexander Cunningham's Coins of the Indo-Scythians, Sakas & Kushans (1899).
Pronunciation
en /ˈkʊʃɑːn/ /kʊˈʃɑːn/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kushan.wav Southern England
Noun
en history
A member of an ancient Central Asian tribe; later, a member of the ruling dynasty and people of the Kushan Empire.
en Kushana Kushanian
en 2008 Gandhara, the Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan https://books.google.com/books?id=lHBEAQAAIAAJ The nomadic tribe of the Kushans came from the Central Asian steppes […]
Derived terms
en Kushanian Kushanic
Translations
member of ancient Central Asian tribe; member of the ruling dynasty and people of the Kushan Empire
Arabic: ar كُوشَانِيّ m, ar كُوشَانِيَّة f
Armenian:
Old Armenian: xcl քուշանք p
Azerbaijani: az kuşan
Bactrian: xbc Κοϸανο
French: fr Kouchan m, fr Kouchane f, fr Kushan m, fr Kushane f
Hindi: hi कुषाण m
Marathi: mr कुषाण m
Persian:
Middle Persian: pal kušān kwšn
Dari: prs کُوشَان
Iranian Persian: fa-ira کوشان
Russian: ru куша́н m
Sanskrit: sa कुषाण m
Tajik: tg кушон
Turkish: tr Kuşan
Urdu: ur کُوشان m
Uzbek: uz kushon
Adjective
en history
Of or relating to the Kushans or their realm.
en Kushana Kushanian Kushanic
Derived terms
en Kushan Empire
Translations
of or relating to the Kushans or their realm
Arabic: ar كُوشَانِيّ
French: fr kouchan, fr kushan
German: de kuschanisch
Lithuanian: lt Kušanų
Marathi: mr कुषाण
Persian:
Dari: prs کُوشَانِی
Iranian Persian: fa-ira کوشانی
Russian: ru куша́нский
Tajik: tg кушонӣ
Proper noun
en history
en rare en Kushan Empire
en 1982 Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission https://books.google.com/books?id=q4QkAQAAIAAJ 45 Lokakshema, who went to China at about the same time as An Shigao, was born in Kushan, a large country that spread from Central Asia to northwestern India and was the most powerful nation in the area.
The Bactrian language.
Translations
Kushan Empire
Armenian:
Old Armenian: xcl Քուշանք p the Kushans
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 贵霜
Lithuanian: lt Kušanų karalystė f
Parthian: xpr 𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓 Kūšānšahr
Related terms
en Kushano- Kushanshah
References
Etymology 2
Borrowed from en cmn - 鼓山 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Ku³-shan¹.
Proper noun
en Gushan.
en 1979 SPEAHRhead: Newsletter of the Society for the Protection of East Asians' Human Rights https://books.google.com/books?id=VgskAQAAIAAJ 1-11 0196-7428 5897573 9 These two trucks drove through the center of town yesterday afternoon and evening to tell the people of Kaohsiung that the non-Party candidates are concerned about human rights.So we went immediately to the other station, but the police officers at that station, as well as the bystanders in the street, insisted that the two men had been taken to the main station in the Kushan District. So we returned to the Kushan District station.
en 1992 Epidemiology Bulletin https://books.google.com/books?id=il3cOimfiqYC 8-9 1021-366X 22815056 153 The 10th case lived in Hsiaokang District and worked in Kushan District of Kaohsiung City. In Hsiaokang District, 33 more households were visited and 42 blood specimens collected; in Kushan District, 30 households were visited and 58 blood specimens collected.
en 2006/06/27 Ex-gangster released by prosecutor https://web.archive.org/web/20221006135152/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:zYwTmLOg7VgJ:https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/118503 06 October 2022 w:Taiwan News Society Yang who lives in Kushan, Kaohsiung City, ignored media requests for interviews.
en 2009 Kuo-Hsun Hung; et al. Motivational Factors in Educational MMORPGs: Some Implications for Education Transactions on Edutainment III https://books.google.com/books?id=CJVOqBTQCpIC 978-3-642-11244-7 953654262 97 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Transactions_on_Edutainment_III/CJVOqBTQCpIC?gbpv=1&pg=PA97 The primary school is one of the largest primary schools in the Kushan district of KaoHsiung city, with approximately 1600 students and 100 teachers.
en June 11, 2009 Ferry to join service https://web.archive.org/web/20221003221936/https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=36,45&post=26782 03 October 2022 w:Taiwan Today Two of the ferries are being built for the Kaohsiung City Transportation Bureau and are slated to go into commission at the end of this month transporting passengers between the city's Cijin island and Kushan district.
en June 07, 2020 Jason Pan Councilors report alleged wrongs at Han recall vote https://web.archive.org/web/20200609160315/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/06/07/2003737798 09 June 2020 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 3 Police said that they checked on a man at the polling station at St. Paul’s High School in Kushan District (zh 鼓山) after complaints that he had allegedly set up his smartphone outside to record who was entering to vote.
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Anagrams
en ahknsu Ashkun Kansuh ankhus ankush
en Former polities Ethnonyms
French
Noun
m Kushane
fr Kouchan
Related terms
fr kushan