ολο

See also: όλο

Bactrian

Alternative forms

  • γολο (golo)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *wadʰúHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-úHs, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to bind, pledge, lead”). Cognate of Sanskrit वधू (vadhū, “bride, new wife, wife”) and, more distantly, Old English weddian (“pledge, wed”).

Pronunciation

  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): [ul]

Noun

ολο (olo /ul/)

  1. bride, (wedded) wife
    • 342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), line 12:
      ...φαριμουανο πoρανανο ολο φαρο βαβο oδο φαρο πιδοκο...
      ...farimouano poranano olo faro babo odo faro pidoko...
      ...a wife for these sons (of mine), [for] Bab and [for] Piduk...
  • ολογωγγο (ologōngo)

Further reading

  • Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan I. Legal and Economic Documents (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II; VI), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, pages 32–33, 192
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