μολο

Bactrian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *mádu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”). Cognate of Sanskrit मधु (madhu).

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): [mul] or [mol]

Noun

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...