Wiktionary

χϸονο

Bactrian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Disputed. Perhaps derived from a root shared by Proto-Iranian *xšáyati (“rule, be lord over”). The claim the word was borrowed from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos) is dubious.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): [xʃun] or [xʃon]

Noun edit

χϸονο (xšono /xšun/)

  1. calendar year, regnal year
    • 342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), line 1:
      χϸονο ρʹ ιʹ αυρηζνο μαο σαχτο Αβαμοχοινο ρωσο...
      xšono rʹ iʹ aurēzno mao saxto Abamoxoino rōso...
      (It was) the year 110, the month Ahrezhn, the day Abamukhwin having passed...

References edit

  1. ^ Scarborough, Matthew J. C. (2021) “Bactrian χϸονο ‘(calendar) year, (regnal) year’”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 31, number 10, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 599–607
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