سو
Arabic
Noun
سَوّ • (saww) m
- Alternative form of سَوْء (sawʾ, “badness, evil, corruption”)
Verb
سَوِّ • (sawwi) (form II)
- second-person masculine singular active imperative of سَوَّى (sawwā)
Azerbaijani
Noun
سو (countable and uncountable)
- water
Bakhtiari
Etymology
Colloquial form of Arabic صبح, Persian صبح (sobh).
Noun
سو (sow)
- morning
- سو زی بیدار ایبوم
- sow e zi bidar eybuom.
- I'll wake up early in the morning.
- tomorrow
- سو ایرم هونه
- sow eirom howne.
- I'll go home tomorrow.
Chagatai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *sub (“water”).
Noun
سو (su)
- water
References
- András J. E. Bodrogligeti, A Grammar of Chagatay (2001) (su)
Kipchak
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *sub (“water”).
Noun
سو (su) (Mamluk-Kipchak)
- water
References
- Munytu'l-Ghuzāt: a 14th-century Mamluk-Kipchak military treatise
- Vocabulaire arabe-kiptchak de l'époque de l'État mamelouk
Mazanderani
Etymology 1
Compare Middle Persian swk' (sōg, “side, direction”), Persian سوی (suy).
Noun
سو (so)
- ethnicity
- breed, type
Etymology 2
Compare Persian ساییدن (sâyidan), سابیدن (sâbidan), سودن (sudan, “to rub, to grind, to sharpen”).
Noun
سو (so)
- grinding
- سو سنگ ― so-e seng ― grinding stone
- sharpening
Etymology 3
Related to سوسو (winking, burning), and dialectal Persian سو (bright, shimmer, view).
Noun
سو (su)
- igniting
- سو هاکردن ― su hakerden ― to ignite
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian swk' (sōg, “side, direction”).
Noun
سو • (su)
- Alternative form of سوی (suy): direction, side
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian swk' (sōg, “burning, combustion”). Related to سوختن (suxtan, “to burn”). Compare Mazanderani سو (su), سوسو (susu, “bright, illuminating”).
Noun
سو • (su)
- (archaic) light, sight, ability to see
- (Tehran) shimmer, glitter, sight
- (Isfahan) glitter, sight
- (Fars) sight, opinion
- (Khorasan) sight, glitter, view
Etymology 3
Inherited from Middle Persian swk' (sōg, “profit, advantage”), or alternative form of سود (sud).
Noun
سو • (su, so)
- profit
- advantage
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “swk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 75
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Salar
Noun
سو (su)
- water
References
- ABVD
Sindhi
Etymology
From Sanskrit शत (śata).
Numeral
سو (sau)
- hundred
Urdu
Etymology 1
Perhaps from Sanskrit सह (saha).
Adverb
سو • (so) (Hindi spelling सो)
- so, hence
- therefore
- consequently
References
- “سو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 388
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sanskrit शत (śata), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćatám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Compare also Persian صد (sad).
Numeral
1,000 | ||||
← 90 | ← 99 | ١٠٠ 100 | 101 → | 1,000 → |
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10 | ||||
Cardinal: سو, صد, سینکڑا Ordinal: سوواں Multiplier: سو گنا |
سو • (sau) (Hindi spelling सौ)
- hundred
Synonyms
- صد (sad)
- سینکڑا (saiṅkṛā)
References
- “سو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “sau”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.