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Bactrian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *abi-tāta-.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
αβιϸταδο (abištado /avištād/)
- (master) craftsman
342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), line 7:... οδο πισο βαγοβα(νδαγ)ο ιαβιϸταδο...- ... odo piso bagoba(ndag)o iabištado...
- ...and in the presence of Bag-ba(ndag), the master craftsman...
References
- ^ 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 175