ολο

Bactrian

Alternative forms

• γολο (golo)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *wadʰúHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-úHs, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to bind, pledge, lead”). Cognate of Sanskrit वधू (vadhū, “bride, new wife, wife”) and, more distantly, Old English weddian (“pledge, wed”).

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): [ul]

Noun

ολο (olo /ul/)

1. bride, (wedded) wife
   • 342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), line 12:

     ...φαριμουανο πoρανανο ολο φαρο βαβο oδο φαρο πιδοκο...

     ...farimouano poranano olo faro babo odo faro pidoko...

     ...a wife for these sons (of mine), [for] Bab and [for] Piduk...

Related terms

• ολογωγγο (ologōggo)

Further reading

• 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, pages 32–33, 192