Bactrian χϸονο '(calendar) year, (regnal) year'
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Bactrian χϸονο '(calendar) year, (regnal) year'. / Scarborough, Matthew J.C.
In: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 31, No. 3, 01.07.2021, p. 599-607.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Bactrian χϸονο '(calendar) year, (regnal) year'
AU - Scarborough, Matthew J.C.
PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - Since H. Humbach's Baktrische Sprachdenkmäler (Wiesbaden, 1966) the main etymological proposal for Bactrian xpovo '(calendar) year, (regnal) year' has been A. Thierfelder's suggestion of a loanword from Hellenistic Greek xpovoς 'time'. In this article the plausibility of this etymology is re-examined, and it is further argued that it should be rejected on the grounds that the formal phonological differences between the potential Hellenistic Greek source form and its presumable loan-adaptation form in Bactrian are inconsistent with what is known of Bactrian diachronic phonology.
AB - Since H. Humbach's Baktrische Sprachdenkmäler (Wiesbaden, 1966) the main etymological proposal for Bactrian xpovo '(calendar) year, (regnal) year' has been A. Thierfelder's suggestion of a loanword from Hellenistic Greek xpovoς 'time'. In this article the plausibility of this etymology is re-examined, and it is further argued that it should be rejected on the grounds that the formal phonological differences between the potential Hellenistic Greek source form and its presumable loan-adaptation form in Bactrian are inconsistent with what is known of Bactrian diachronic phonology.
KW - Bactrian
KW - Greek
KW - Middle Iranian
KW - loanword adaptation
KW - loanword phonology
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/4ddbe469-e75e-3e0f-bbdb-7b8df007c931/
U2 - 10.1017/S1356186321000079
DO - 10.1017/S1356186321000079
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 599
EP - 607
JO - Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
JF - Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
SN - 1356-1863
IS - 3
ER -
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