οδο

See also: οδό

Bactrian

Alternative forms
  • οδ- (od-), οτ- (ot-)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *(H)utá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)utá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)u, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away from, off, again”). Compare Old Persian 𐎢𐎫𐎠 (u-t-a, “and”). Cognate of Sanskrit उत (uta, “and, also”).

Pronunciation
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): [ud]

Conjunction

οδο (odo /ud/)

  1. and
    • 342 CE, Dated Document A (Corpus of Bactrian Texts), lines 8–9:
      ...πιδοοασατο χοακαμο χοασινδο βαγοφαρνο ζαμω(*ρομοζ)δο πορο οδο βαβο οδο πιδοκο βαγοφαρνο πορανανο...
      ...pidooasato xoakamo xoasindo bagofarno zamō(*romoz)do poro odo babo odo pidoko bagofarno poranano...
      ...then Bag-farn, son of Zamo(*rmuz)d, and Bab and Piduk, sons of Bag-farn, made this declaration freely and willingly...

Usage notes
  • οδο (odo) begins sentences, coordinates noun phrases, and, rarely, links clauses.[1]
  • οδο (odo) can be joined as a proclitic to other words (often written as οδ- (od-)). Before δ and τ οδο (odo) becomes οτ- (ot-).[2]

Derived terms
  • οτο (oto)

References
  1. Gholami, Saloumeh (2014) Selected Features of Bactrian Grammar (Göttinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica. Neue Folge; 12)‎, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 161–162
  2. 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 211
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