πισο

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Bactrian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *patīčā.[1]

Pronunciation

Preposition

πισο (piso /pits/)

  1. in the presence of, before
    • 342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), lines 6–8:
      ...οδο πισο ασπαλομιρο ιωλικανο οδο πισο βαγοβαο ιαβιϸταδο οδο πισο μανδαρουανισο στηβιγανο αζαβοργανο οιγαλφανο μολροδηβγανο...
      ...odo piso aspalomiro iōlikano odo piso bagobao iabištado odo piso mandarouaniso stēbigano azaborgano oigalfano molrodēbgano...
      ...and in the presence of Aspal-mir Yolikan, and in the presence of Bag-ba(ndag) the master craftsman, and also in the presence of those other freemen of Steb, (who are) the witnesses (and) seal-impressers (of this document)...

References

  1. ^ 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 219
  2. ^ Gholami, Saloumeh (2014) Selected Features of Bactrian Grammar (Göttinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica. Neue Folge; 12)‎, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 37