"Kushan" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkʊʃɑːn/ [UK], /kʊˈʃɑːn/ [UK] Forms: more Kushan [comparative], most Kushan [superlative]
Etymology: Epigraphic (Bactrian in Greek script) ΚΟϷΑΝ košan, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Guṣāṇa, Parthian kšn, ultimately from Chinese 貴霜/贵霜 (Guìshuāng). The conventional name Kushan and the proposed connection with the Chinese term is due to Alexander Cunningham's Coins of the Indo-Scythians, Sakas & Kushans (1899). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|貴霜}} 貴霜/贵霜 (Guìshuāng) Head templates: {{en-adj}} Kushan (comparative more Kushan, superlative most Kushan)
  1. (history) Of or relating to the Kushans or the Kushan realm. Categories (topical): History Translations (of or relating to the Kushans or the Kushan realm): Kušanų (Lithuanian), कुषाण (kuṣāṇ) (Marathi), куша́нский (kušánskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Kushan-en-adj-~SlHrBoA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Old Armenian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 30 32 2 8 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 30 36 10 Disambiguation of Old Armenian terms with redundant script codes: 21 34 40 4 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkʊʃɑːn/ [UK], /kʊˈʃɑːn/ [UK]
Etymology: Epigraphic (Bactrian in Greek script) ΚΟϷΑΝ košan, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Guṣāṇa, Parthian kšn, ultimately from Chinese 貴霜/贵霜 (Guìshuāng). The conventional name Kushan and the proposed connection with the Chinese term is due to Alexander Cunningham's Coins of the Indo-Scythians, Sakas & Kushans (1899). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|貴霜}} 貴霜/贵霜 (Guìshuāng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kushan
  1. (history) An ancient Indo-Scythian or Tocharian realm in Central Asia and Northern India. Categories (topical): History, Ethnonyms Translations (ancient realm): κυϸανο (kušano) (Bactrian), Kušanų karalystė [feminine] (Lithuanian), कुषाण (kuṣāṇ) (Marathi), Քուշանք (Kʻušankʻ) (Old Armenian), 𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓 (Kūšānšahr) (Parthian)
    Sense id: en-Kushan-en-name-C--W88Uf Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 15 43 32 4 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Old Armenian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 30 32 2 8 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 30 36 10 Disambiguation of Old Armenian terms with redundant script codes: 21 34 40 4 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'ancient realm': 97 3
  2. The Bactrian language. Categories (place): Historical polities
    Sense id: en-Kushan-en-name-UsxyLDKt Disambiguation of Historical polities: 18 30 39 6 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Old Armenian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 30 32 2 8 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 30 36 10 Disambiguation of Old Armenian terms with redundant script codes: 21 34 40 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 鼓山 (Gǔshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ku³-shan¹. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|鼓山}} 鼓山 (Gǔshān), {{bor|en|cmn-wadegiles|-}} Wade–Giles Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kushan
  1. Alternative form of Gushan Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Gushan
    Sense id: en-Kushan-en-name-tlfwraYU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʊʃɑːn/ [UK], /kʊˈʃɑːn/ [UK] Forms: Kushans [plural]
Etymology: Epigraphic (Bactrian in Greek script) ΚΟϷΑΝ košan, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Guṣāṇa, Parthian kšn, ultimately from Chinese 貴霜/贵霜 (Guìshuāng). The conventional name Kushan and the proposed connection with the Chinese term is due to Alexander Cunningham's Coins of the Indo-Scythians, Sakas & Kushans (1899). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|貴霜}} 貴霜/贵霜 (Guìshuāng) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Kushan (plural Kushans)
  1. (history) A member of the dynasty that founded and ruled the Kushan realm. Categories (topical): History Translations (member of the dynasty): कुषाण (kuṣāṇ) [masculine] (Marathi), քուշանք (kʻušankʻ) [plural] (Old Armenian), куша́н (kušán) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Kushan-en-noun-9L5r~ex3 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "An ancient Indo-Scythian or Tocharian realm in Central Asia and Northern India."
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        "The Bactrian language."
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      "ipa": "/ˈkʊʃɑːn/",
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
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        "UK"
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    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "Kʻušankʻ",
      "sense": "ancient realm",
      "word": "Քուշանք"
    },
    {
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "ancient realm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kušanų karalystė"
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    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kuṣāṇ",
      "sense": "ancient realm",
      "word": "कुषाण"
    },
    {
      "code": "xpr",
      "lang": "Parthian",
      "roman": "Kūšānšahr",
      "sense": "ancient realm",
      "word": "𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓"
    }
  ],
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    "Kushan Empire"
  ],
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}

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    "English terms borrowed from Wade–Giles",
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        "UK"
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        "plural"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kuṣāṇ",
      "sense": "member of the dynasty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कुषाण"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "member of the dynasty",
      "word": "куша́н"
    }
  ],
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    "Kushan Empire"
  ],
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}

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    {
      "form": "more Kushan",
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      ]
    },
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      ]
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "Of or relating to the Kushans or the Kushan realm."
      ],
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        "(history) Of or relating to the Kushans or the Kushan realm."
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        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Kushans or the Kushan realm",
      "word": "Kušanų"
    },
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      "code": "mr",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Kushans or the Kushan realm",
      "word": "कुषाण"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kušánskij",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Kushans or the Kushan realm",
      "word": "куша́нский"
    }
  ],
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    "Kushan Empire"
  ],
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}

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    "English terms derived from Wade–Giles",
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    "en:Historical polities"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "cmn",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "鼓山"
      },
      "expansion": "鼓山 (Gǔshān)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cmn-wadegiles",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Mandarin 鼓山 (Gǔshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ku³-shan¹.",
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    {
      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Gushan"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1979, SPEAHRhead: Newsletter of the Society for the Protection of East Asians' Human Rights, numbers 1-11, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Epidemiology Bulletin, volumes 8-9, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 153",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 June 27, “Ex-gangster released by prosecutor”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-10-06, Society",
          "text": "Yang who lives in Kushan, Kaohsiung City, ignored media requests for interviews.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Kuo-Hsun Hung et al., “Motivational Factors in Educational MMORPGs: Some Implications for Education”, in Transactions on Edutainment III, →OCLC, page 97",
          "text": "The primary school is one of the largest primary schools in the Kushan district of KaoHsiung city, with approximately 1600 students and 100 teachers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 June 11, “Ferry to join service”, in Taiwan Today, archived from the original on 2022-10-03",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 June 7, Jason Pan, “Councilors report alleged wrongs at Han recall vote”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-06-09, Taiwan News, page 3",
          "text": "Police said that they checked on a man at the polling station at St. Paul’s High School in Kushan District (鼓山) after complaints that he had allegedly set up his smartphone outside to record who was entering to vote.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of Gushan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Gushan",
          "Gushan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "Kushan Empire"
  ],
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}

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