πισο
Bactrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Iranian *patīčā.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]πισο (piso /pits/)
- in the presence of, before
- 342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), lines 6–8:
- ...οδο πισο ασπαλομιρο ιωλικανο οδο πισο βαγοβαο ιαβιϸταδο οδο πισο μανδαρουανισο στηβιγανο αζαβοργανο οιγαλφανο μολροδηβγανο...
- ...odo piso aspalomiro iōlikano odo piso bagobao iabištado odo piso mandarouaniso stēbigano azaborgano oigalfano molrodēbgano...
- ...and in the presence of Aspal-mir Yolikan, and in the presence of Bag-ba(ndag) the master craftsman, and also in the presence of those other freemen of Steb, (who are) the witnesses (and) seal-impressers (of this document)...
References
[edit]- ^ 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, page 219
- ^ Gholami, Saloumeh (2014) Selected Features of Bactrian Grammar (Göttinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica. Neue Folge; 12)[1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 37