او
See also: أو and آو
Alviri-Vidari
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ov/
Noun
او (ov)
- (Vidari) water
Synonyms
- اكا (oka) (Alviri)
References
- Yarshater, The Dialects of Alvīr and Vīdar
Azerbaijani
Pronoun
او (o)
- Arabic spelling of o (“he, she, it”)
Bakhtiari
Noun
او (aw)
- water
References
- The Phonology of the Bakhtiari, Badakhshani, and Madaglashti Dialects of Modern Persian (1922)
Brahui
Pronoun
او (ō)
- he
Chagatai
Alternative forms
- اول (ul)
Pronoun
او (u)
- he, she, it
Declension
Declension of Chagatai personal pronouns
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| familiar | polite | |||||||
| nominative | من (män) | سن (sän) | سیز (siz) | اول, او (ul, u) | بیز (biz) | سیزلار (sizlär) | اولار, الار (ular, alar) | |
| genitive | منينک (meniñ) | سنينک (seniñ) | سیزنينک (sizniñ) | اونينک, انينک (uniñ, aniñ) | بیزنينک (bizniñ) | سیزلارنينک (sizlärniñ) | اولارنينک (ularniñ) | |
| dative | منکا, مانکا (maña) | سنکا, سانکا (saña) | سیزکە (sizgä) | اولارغە انکا (ularğa aña) | بیزکا (bizgä) | سیزلارکا (sizlärgä) | اولارغە (ularğa) | |
| accusative | منی (meni) | سنی (seni) | سیزنی (sizni) | انی (ani) | بیزنی (bizni) | سیزلارنی (sizlärni) | اولارنی (ularni) | |
| locative | مندە (mändä) | سندە (sändä) | سیزدە (sizdä) | اونينکدە, اندا, انينکدە (uniñda, anda, aniñda) | بیزدە (bizdä) | سیزلاردە (sizlärdä) | اولاردە (ularda) | |
| ablative | مندين (mändin) | سندين (sändin) | سیزدين (sizdin) | اونينکدين, اندين, انينکدين (uniñdin, andin, aniñdin) | بیزدين (bizdin) | سیزلاردين (sizlärdin) | اولاردين (ulardin) | |
Kalami
Etymology
From Sanskrit उदक (udaka), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognate with Indus Kohistani وی (vī́).
Noun
اُو (ū)
- water
Kashmiri
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /waːwuk/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /oː/
Letter
او • (ō)
- a vowel of Kashmiri.
Forms
The vowel او in its initial form isاو , middle form و and final form و
See also
- Previous vowel: اۆ (o)
- Next vowel : اۄ (ọ)
Kermanic
Noun
او (ōū, ō)
- (Soi) water
References
- Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura
Lari
Noun
او (ow)
- water
References
- Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura
Mazanderani
Noun
او (ow, o)
- water
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *eb (“dwelling place, house”).
Noun
أو • (ev)
- house
Declension
declension of او
| singular (مفرد) | plural (جمع) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | او (ev) | اولر (evler) |
| genitive | اوڭ (eviñ) | اولرڭ (evleriñ) |
| dative | اوه (eve) | اولره (evlere) |
| definite accusative | اوی (evi) | اولری (evleri) |
| locative | اوده (evde) | اولرده (evlerde) |
| ablative | اودن (evden) | اولردن (evlerden) |
Synonyms
- خانه (hane)
Descendants
- Gagauz: ev
- Turkish: ev
- → Crimean Tatar: ev
Etymology 2
The older اول (ol) reduced to this form in ordinary speech.
Pronoun
او • (o)
- (late Ottoman) Alternative form of اول (ol, “he, she, it”)
Pashto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aw/
Audio (file)
Conjunction
او • (aw)
- and
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (OLE), 𐭥𐭫𐭤 (ʿlh), 𐫀𐫇𐫏 (ʾwy /ōy/, “he; she; that”).
Alternative forms
- اورا (urâ, ôrâ) (as grammatical object)
- اوی (uy) (archaic)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /oː/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /oː/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /uː/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɵ/
Audio (file)
Pronoun
| Dari | او |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ӯ (ü) |
او • (u)
- she, he, they (meaning the third-person singular, of unknown or irrelevant gender, but animate)
Usage notes
- Only used for animate referents, that is, “he” and “she”, not “it”.
- When the pronoun is acting as a grammatical object, it is combined with the direct-object particle را (râ) as او را (u râ, ô râ) or contracted into a single word as اورا (urâ, ôrâ)
- (Iran, colloquial) contracted to اونو (uno) when used with the direct-object particle را (râ).
Synonyms
- وی (vay, vey)
Derived terms
- همو (hamu)
Etymology 2
(colloquial) form of آب (âb)
Pronunciation
- (some dialects) IPA(key): /aw/
Noun
او • (ow)
- (dialectal, various locations) water
- (dialectal, various locations) liquid
- (dialectal, various locations) juice
Saraiki
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oː/
Pronoun
او (ō) (Devanagari ओ)
- (distal) third-person subjective personal pronoun: he, she, it, they
- distal demonstrative pronoun: that, those
Talysh
Alternative forms
- آو (âv)
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.
Noun
او (ov)
- water
Urdu
Etymology 1
From Classical Persian او (ō).
Pronoun
او • (o) (Hindi spelling ओ)
- he, she
- third-person singular subjective personal pronoun of unspecified gender: they
- that
- it
Synonyms
- وہ (vo)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit इव (iva).
Adverb
اِو • (iv) (Hindi spelling इव)
- thus
- as
- almost
Preposition
اِو • (iv) (Hindi spelling इव)
- as
- like
Ushojo
Interjection
او (ō)
- oh
- hey