ζινο
Bactrian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Iranian *ǰánHh (“woman, wife”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰánHs (“woman, wife”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Compare Persian زَن (/zan/), Central Kurdish ژن (jin, “woman, wife”). Cognate of Sanskrit जनि (jani, “woman, wife”) and more distantly ग्ना (gnā, “wife, divine woman”), Ancient Greek γῠνή (gunḗ), Old English cwen (“queen, woman, wife”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editζινο (zino /zin/)
Further reading
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 192
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- Bactrian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Bactrian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Bactrian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Bactrian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Bactrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bactrian lemmas
- Bactrian nouns
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