μαλο

Bactrian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *imada.

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): [mal]

Adverb

μαλο (malo /mal/)

1. (proximate) here
   • 342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), lines 1—2:

     ...καλδο νοβιχτο μο ολοβωστογο μαλο αβο μο ρωβαγγο ϸαρο αβιιοανδαγο σιδο στηβο ριζδο...

     ...kaldo nobixto mo olobōstogo malo abo mo rōbaggo šaro abiioandago sido stēbo rizdo...

     ...when this marriage contract was written here in the city of Rob, in the borough which is called Steb...

Usage notes

• μαλο is often written before locative prepositional phrases. It may be joined to another word as a prefix (e.g. μαλαβο (malabo)).

Derived terms

• μαλαβο (malabo)
• μαληλο (malēlo)

Related terms

• μαρο (maro)