μολο

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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]

Noun[edit]

μολο (molo /mul/)

  1. 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]

  1. ^ Gholami, Saloumeh (2014) Selected Features of Bactrian Grammar (Göttinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica. Neue Folge; 12)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 35, 65