χοακαμο

Bactrian

Alternative forms

  • χοαγαμο (khoagamo)

Etymology

From χοα- (khoa- /⁠xwa-⁠/, “own, self-”) +‎ *καμo (*kamo /⁠*kām⁠/, “wish, will”).[1] The latter word is from Proto-Iranian *káHmah (“wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHmas (“wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂-mo-s, from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”) +‎ *-mos (deverbal noun suffix). Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬁𐬨𐬀 (kāma, “desire”), Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎶 (k-a-m /⁠kāma⁠/, “wish, desire”). Cognate of Sanskrit काम (kāma, “wish, desire, love, pleasure”).

Pronunciation

  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): [xwakaːm]

Adjective

χοακαμο (khoakamo /xwakām⁠/)

  1. freely, of one's own free will
    • 342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), line 8:
      ...πιδοοασατο χοακαμο χοασινδο βαγοφαρνο ζαμω(*ρομοζ)δο πορο...
      ...pidooasato khoakamo khoasindo bagofarno zamō(*romoz)do poro...
      ...then Bag-farn, son of Zamo(*rmuz)d, made this declaration freely and willingly...

References

  1. ^ 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, page 231
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