αββο

Bactrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-. Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (ap), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a, “into the water”). Cognate of Sanskrit अप् (ap).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): [aːb] or [aːv]
Note: This word and its derivatives are the only instances in the Bactrian corpus of the sequence -ββ-, which may represent a retained [b].^[1]

Noun

αββο (abbo /āb/)

water
- 757 CE, Dated Document W (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), lines 8–9:
  ασιδο μαχο αστο αββο οδο ζαμιγο αγγαραγο...
  asido makho asto abbo odo zamigo angarago...
  Βut we have property — water and (a piece of) land —

Derived terms

αββοδαχμο (abbodakhmo)
αββολανο (abbolano)

Etymology 2

Either same as above (Compare Middle Persian 𐭠𐭡𐭠𐭭 (ābān, “(the month) of the water(s)”)), or derived from Akkadian 𒌚𒉈 (Abum, “(the month) Abu”),^[2] likely via Aramaic אָב (ʾāv).

Proper noun

αββο (abbo /āb/)

Ab (name of a month).
- 611 CE, Dated Document L (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), line 1:
  ...μαυο αββο.
  ...mauo abbo.
  ...the month Ab.

Related terms

αβανο (abano)

References

^ Gholami, Saloumeh (2014) Selected Features of Bactrian Grammar (Göttinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica. Neue Folge; 12)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 33
^ Sims-Williams, Nicholas, de Blois, François (1996) “The Bactrian Calendar”, in Bulletin of the Asia Institute‎^[2], volume 10, Bulletin of the Asia Institute, a Non-Profit Corporation, page 152,160

[1] Gholami, Saloumeh (2014) Selected Features of Bactrian Grammar (Göttinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica. Neue Folge; 12)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 33

[2] Sims-Williams, Nicholas, de Blois, François (1996) “The Bactrian Calendar”, in Bulletin of the Asia Institute‎^[2], volume 10, Bulletin of the Asia Institute, a Non-Profit Corporation, page 152,160

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