Khotanese


Kho·ta·nese

K0051400 (kō′tə-nēz′, -nēs′)n. 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.
[After Khotan, ancient kingdom centered around modern Hetian (Xinjiang Uygur), where the language was spoken, from Khotanese Hvatana-; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]