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Bactrian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *(H)utá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)utá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)u, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away from, off, again”). Compare Old Persian 𐎢𐎫𐎠 (u-t-a, “and”). Cognate of Sanskrit उत (uta, “and, also”).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
οδο (odo /ud/)
- and
342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), lines 8–9:...πιδοοασατο χοακαμο χοασινδο βαγοφαρνο ζαμω(*ρομοζ)δο πορο οδο βαβο οδο πιδοκο βαγοφαρνο πορανανο...- ...pidooasato khoakamo khoasindo bagofarno zamō(*romoz)do poro odo babo odo pidoko bagofarno poranano...
- ...then Bag-farn, son of Zamo(*rmuz)d, and Bab and Piduk, sons of Bag-farn, made this declaration freely and willingly...
Usage notes
- οδο (odo) begins sentences, coordinates noun phrases, and, rarely, links clauses.[1]
- οδο (odo) can be joined as a proclitic to other words (often written as οδ- (od-)). Before δ and τ οδο (odo) becomes οτ- (ot-).[2]
Derived terms
References
- ^ Gholami, Saloumeh (2014) Selected Features of Bactrian Grammar (Göttinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica. Neue Folge; 12), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 161–162
- ^ 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 211