lät-

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *lut-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁leudʰ-; Cognates found in Ancient Greek ἐλεύσομαι (eleúsomai) and Ancient Greek ἦλθον (êlthon), Old Irish luid. Compare Tocharian A länt-.

Verb

lät-

  1. to go out, emerge
    Nervānäś po aiwolyci mäskentär lnaskeṃ ostmeṃ.
    They all are directed to Nirvana and go out from the house (i.e., become monks)[1].

Usage notes

Often found in the phrases ostmeṃ lät- (lit. “leave home”), meaning “to become a (Buddhist) monk”, and ostmeṃ ltu, “Buddhist monk”. This term reflects the Sanskrit equivalent प्रव्रज्य​ (pravrajya​, “go forth”). Note that a similar expression, probably a calque, is also found in Chinese 出家 (“renounce the family to become a Buddhist monk or nun”).

References
  1. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
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