Bactrian edit

Etymology edit

Compare Pashto اوس (/⁠ōs⁠/, now). [1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): [oːs]

Adverb edit

ωσο (ōso /ōs⁠/)

  1. now, at the present time
    • 342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), lines 9–10:
      κιδο ωσο νοβανδο νινδοκο ι ωχϸοβαδογανο πιδο αζαδο ασπασο ποροχηζαμο
      kido ōso nobando nindoko i ōxšobadogano pido azado aspaso poroxēzamo
      ...we who now serve with Ninduk Okhshbadugan in free service...

References edit

  1. ^ 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 234