• Bactrian χϸονο ‘(calendar) year, (regnal) year’

    Author(s):
    Matthew Scarborough (see profile)
    Date:
    2021
    Group(s):
    Classical Philology and Linguistics, History of Linguistics and Language Study
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Bactrian, Greek, loanword phonology, loanword adaption, Middle Iranian
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/0jpk-0988
    Abstract:
    Since H. Humbach’s Baktrische Sprachdenkmäler (Wiesbaden, 1966) the main etymological proposal for Bactrian χϸονο ‘(calendar) year, (regnal) year’ has been A. Thierfelder’s suggestion of a loanword from Hellenistic Greek χρόνος ‘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. Deposited is the final accepted version of the paper. Please cite the published version in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 31.3 (2021) 599-607 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186321000079
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1017/S1356186321000079
    Pub. Date:
    2021
    Journal:
    Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
    Volume:
    31
    Issue:
    3
    Page Range:
    599 - 607
    ISSN:
    1474-0591
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 months ago
    License:
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