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Bactrian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *wadʰúHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-úHs, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to bind, pledge, lead”). Cognate of Sanskrit वधू (vadhū, “bride, new wife, wife”) and, more distantly, Old English weddian (“pledge, wed”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ολο (olo /ul/)
- bride, (wedded) wife
342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), line 12:...φαριμουανο πoρανανο ολο φαρο βαβο oδο φαρο πιδοκο...- ...farimouano poranano olo faro babo odo faro pidoko...
- ...a wife for these sons (of mine), Bab and Piduk...
Further reading
- 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, pages 32–33, 192