ολοβωστογο

Bactrian

Etymology

From ολο (olo /⁠ul⁠/, “wife”) +‎ πωσταγο (pōstago /⁠pōstag⁠/, “document, contract”).

Pronunciation

  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): [ulvoːstaɡ]

Noun

ολοβωστογο (olobōstogo /ulvōstag/)

  1. marriage contract
    • 342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), lines 1—2:
      ...καλδο νοβιχτο μο ολοβωστογο μαλο αβο μο ρωβαγγο ϸαρο αβιιο ανδαγο σιδο στηβο ριζδο...
      ...kaldo nobikhto mo olobōstogo malo abo mo rōbango šaro abiio andago sido stēbo rizdo...
      ...when this marriage contract was written here in the city of Rob, in the borough which is called Steb...

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, 214
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