ασνωυο
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Bactrian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ασονωυο (asonōuo)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Iranian *(s)nušáh or possibly *(s)naušáh (“daughter-in-law”),[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snušás (“daughter-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *snusós (“daughter-in-law”). Compare Persian سنه (/sunah/, “daughter-in-law”). Cognate of Sanskrit स्नुषा (snuṣā, “daughter-in-law”) and, more distantly, Ancient Greek νυός (nuós, “daughter-in-law, bride”), Latin nurus (“daughter-in-law, young married woman”), Old English snoru (“daughter-in-law”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ασνωυο (asnōuo /asnōh/)
- daughter-in-law
- 342 CE, Dated Document Α (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), lines 12–13:
- ...ιθαυατανο ληρηιο αζο βαγοφαρνo αβο μασκο νοβιχτισο ζινο κιδο ραλικο ναμο ασνωυο ασνωυογωγγο...
- ...so that I, Bag-farn, may treat the woman described herein, who is named Ralik, as a daughter-in-law, like a daughter-in-law (should be treated)...
Derived terms
[edit]- ασνωυογωγγο (asnōuogōggo)
References
[edit]- ^ 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 182
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- Bactrian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
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- Bactrian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Bactrian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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