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Bulgar
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *elig.
Noun
الُو (elüw)
- hand
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 190-191
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *ellig.
Alternative forms
Noun
الُو (ellüw)
- fifty
Descendants
References
- Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 94, 198
Burushaski
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu آلُو (ālū).
Pronunciation
Noun
الو (aaluu)
- potato
References
- Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “aaluu”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, *laqəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu.
Pronunciation
Noun
الو (Rumi spelling alu)
- pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Pashto
Noun
الو • (alu)
- plum
- potato
Persian
Alternative forms
- آلاوه (âlâve) (archaic)
- آلاو (âlâv) (archaic)
- الاو (alâv) (archaic)
Etymology 1
A Turkic borrowing, compare Azerbaijani alov, Turkish alev, Kazakh алау (alau).
Noun
Dari
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الو
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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алов
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الو • (alow)
- (dialectal) flame, blaze
References
Etymology 2
From French allô.
Interjection
الو • (alo)
- hello (when answering the telephone)
Urdu
Etymology
From Sanskrit उलूक (ulūka).
Noun
اُلو • (ullū) m (Hindi spelling उल्लू)
- owl