ρωσο

Bactrian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ráwčah (“light, day”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas (“light, day”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“be bright, shine”). Compare Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (r-u-c-h, “day”). Cognate of Sanskrit रोचस् (rocas, “light, lustre”).

Pronunciation

  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): [roːt͡s][1]

Noun

ρωσο (rōso /rōts/) (plural ρωσανο)

  1. day
    • 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...

Derived terms

  • χαβρωσο (khabrōso)
  • ρωσιγο (rōsigo)

References

  1. ^ Gholami, Saloumeh (2014), Selected Features of Bactrian Grammar (Göttinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica. Neue Folge; 12)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 36–37

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, 221
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