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Khotanese, n. and a.|kəʊtəˈniːz|
[f. Khotan (see prec.) + -ese.]
A. n. The people of Khotan; one of this people; the Middle Iranian language of Khotan.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Khotan.
1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 67/2 The Khotanese keep camels, horses..and fowls. 1907A. Stein Anc. Khotan I. 141 It is a point of special interest that dancing..is a pastime freely indulged in by Khotanese of both sexes and of all classes. Ibid. 144 In the case of the Khotanese there has been, besides a slight admixture of Turkī blood, an admixture also of Tibetan. 1939C. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. 320 Besides Middle Persian proper, we have a fair amount of material in some other Middle Iranian dialects, notably Middle Parthian..and Khotanese or Middle Sakian..in the southern part of East Turkistān. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet ii. vi. 350 The material contained in Khotanese manuscripts is of great variety; there are official and business documents, translations of Indian tales, [etc.]. Ibid., There are some indications to show that Khotanese began to be used in writing in the second century a.d. 1957Archivum Linguisticum IX. ii. 128 The most likely source would seem to be Khotanese. 1961H. W. Bailey Khotanese Texts IV. 14 The Buddhist literature of which complete or partial translations existed in Khotanese is of large extent. Ibid. 17 A celebrated Khotanese painter of Buddhist subjects. |