Kushan

Meanings

1. A member of an ancient Central Asian tribe; later, a member of the ruling dynasty and people of the Kushan Empire.

1. Of or relating to the Kushans or their realm.

1. Synonym of Kushan Empire
2. The Bactrian language.

1. Alternative form of Gushan.

Etymology

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).