-ओ

-ओ

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /oː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa -अहु (-ahu, second person present indicative/imperative plural), from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀅𑀳 (-aha), from Sanskrit -अथ (-atha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-atʰa, from Proto-Indo-European *-ete (second person present indicative/imperative plural). [1]

Suffix

-ओ • (-o)

1. Marks the second-person plural simple subjunctive; subjunctive for तुम (tum)
2. suffix for present second person imperative; the imperative marker for तुम (tum)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa -अहु (-ahu) or -हौ (-hau), from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀆𑀳𑁄 (-āho), ultimately a univerbation of Sanskrit -आः (-āḥ), the vocative plural of Sanskrit -अ (-a), and Sanskrit भोस् (bhos) (from भवत् (bhavat)). [2]

Suffix

-ओ • (-o)

1. vocative plural of -आ (-ā)

References

1. Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 40
2. Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 6