χοασινδο

Bactrian

Alternative forms

  • χοσινδο (khosindo)

Etymology

From χοα- (khoa- /⁠xwa-⁠/, “own, self-”) +‎ σινδο (sindo /⁠sind⁠/, “wish, will”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): [xwasind] or [xwasinð]

Adjective

χοασινδο (khoasindo /xwasind⁠/)

  1. willingly, 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 232
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