Kertik

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृतिका (kṛtikā).

Proper noun

Kertik

  1. (astronomy) the Pleiades star cluster

Further reading
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “Kertik”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 211
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