μαυο

Bactrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. Compare Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h). Cognate of Sanskrit मास् (mās), मास (māsa).

Pronunciation
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): [maːh]

Noun

μαυο (mauo /māh/)

  1. month
    • 369 CE, Dated Document B (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), line 1:
      ...ϸαβατο μαυο.
      ...šabato mauo.
      ...the month Shabat.
    • 681 CE, Dated Document Q (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), line 17:
      ...πιδο αʹ μαυο...
      ...pido aʹ mauo...
      ...for one month...

References
  • Gholami, Saloumeh (2014) Selected Features of Bactrian Grammar (Göttinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica. Neue Folge; 12)‎, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 39, 138
  • Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, pages 36–37, 90–91
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