μαο

Bactrian

Pronunciation

  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): [maː]

Noun

μαο (mao //)

  1. alternative form of μαυο (mauo)
    • 342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), line 1:
      χϸονο ρ’ ι’ αυρηζνο μαο σαχτο Αβαμοχοινο ρωσο...
      khšono r’ i’ aurēzno mao sakhto Abamokhoino rōso...
      (It was) the year 110, the month Ahrezhn, the day Abamukhwin having passed...

Further reading

  • 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, pages 32–33, 203