Bactrian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Iranian *mádu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”). Cognate of Sanskrit मधु (madhu).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): [mul] or [mol] invalid IPA characters (][)[1]
μολο (molo /mul/)
- wine
369 CE, Dated Document B (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), lines 5–6:...μολο σαβολο ιʹ βʹ...- ...molo sabolo iʹ bʹ...
- ...twelve wine jars...
References[edit]
- ^ Gholami, Saloumeh (2014) Selected Features of Bactrian Grammar (Göttinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica. Neue Folge; 12)[1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 35, 65