آلو
Arabic
Interjection
آلُو • (ʔālū)
- hello (when answering the telephone)
Verb
آلُو • (ʔālū) (form I)
- first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَلَا (ʔalā)
Verb
آلُوَ • (ʔāluwa) (form I)
- first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَلَا (ʔalā)
Khalaj
Noun
آلو (alu) (definite accusative آلونوُ, plural آلولار)
- Arabic spelling of alu (“plum”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | آلو | آلولار |
| genitive | آلویوُین | آلولارؽین |
| dative | آلوقا, آلویا | آلولارقا, آلولارا |
| definite accusative | آلونوُ | آلولارؽ |
| locative | آلوچا | آلولارچا |
| ablative | آلودا | آلولاردا |
| instrumental | آلولا | آلولارلا |
| equative | آلووارا | آلولاروارا |
| quantitative | آلوقَدَر | آلولارقَدَر |
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
A derivation from Proto-Turkic *yal- (“flame”).[1][2]
Alternative forms
- علو (alev)
Noun
آلو • (alev)
- flame
- Synonym: یالین (yalın)
Descendants
- Turkish: alev
Etymology 2
From Persian آلو (âlu).
Noun
آلو • (alu)
- plum
- Synonym: ارك (erük)
Related terms
- زردآلو (zerdalu, “apricot”, literally “yellow plum”)
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “علو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 857
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آلو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 190
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*yal-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “alev”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɑːluː/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /ɑːluː/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /ɒːluː/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɔlu/
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwk' /ālūg/, “plum, prune”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
آلو • (âlu)
- plum, prune
Derived terms
- آلوچه (âluče)
- خرمالو (xormâlu)
- شفتالو (šaft-âlu)
- زردآلو (zard-âlu)
- آلوی بخارا (ālūʼi buxārā)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: alı
- → Ottoman Turkish: آلو (âlû)
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “आरु”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 645a
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHlu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHlu (“edible root”). Cognate with Latin alium (“onion, garlic”) and Sanskrit आलु (ālu).
Noun
آلو • (âlu)
- (dialectal, Kazerun) potato
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑː.luː/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀮𑀼𑀕 (āluga), from Sanskrit आलुक (āluka, “elephant foot yam”).The word began to be used in the sense "potato" after the importation of potatoes to South Asia from the Americas by Europeans, displacing cultivation of the similar elephant foot yam.
Noun
آلو • (ālu, ālū or ālu) m (Hindi spelling आलू or आलु)
- potato
Declension
| Declension of آلو | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | آلو (ālū) | آلو (ālū) |
| oblique | آلو (ālū) | آلووں (ālūō̃) |
| vocative | آلو (ālū) | آلوو (ālūō) |
Descendants
- → English: aloo
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Persian آلو (âlu).
Noun
آلو • (ālū) m (Hindi spelling आलू)
- plum, prune
Ushojo
Verb
آلو (ālū)
- came
- return