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Tocharian B
Etymology
From the intensive prefix e(n)- + kare (“worth”), the latter possibly from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire”), making it cognate with Latin cārus (“dear”).
Noun
aṅkāre ?
- profligacy
- immorality
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “aṅkāre”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 6