Kushan

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Sanskrit कुषाण (kuṣāṇa) via Hindi कुषाण (kuṣāṇ), or from Middle Persian [script needed] (kušān /⁠kwšn⁠/), either way from Bactrian Κοϸανο (Košano), ultimately from Chinese 貴霜／贵霜 (Guìshuāng) (compare Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit guṣāṇa). Doublet of 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 ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʊʃɑːn/, /kʊˈʃɑːn/ ==== Noun ==== Kushan (plural Kushans) (history) A member of an ancient Central Asian tribe; later, a member of the ruling dynasty and people of the Kushan Empire. Synonyms: Kushana, Kushanian ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== Kushan (comparative more Kushan, superlative most Kushan) (history) Of or relating to the Kushans or their realm. Synonyms: Kushana, Kushanian, Kushanic ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Proper noun ==== Kushan (history) (rare) Synonym of Kushan Empire The Bactrian language. ===== Translations ===== ==== Related terms ==== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Mandarin 鼓山 (Gǔshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ku³-shan¹. ==== Proper noun ==== Kushan Alternative form of Gushan. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kushan. === Anagrams === Ashkun, Kansuh, ankhus, ankush == French == === Noun === Kushan m (plural Kushans, feminine Kushane) alternative form of Kouchan ==== Related terms ====