μαυο

Bactrian

Alternative forms

• μαο (mao)

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)‎^[1], 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