او

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See also: أو and آو

Alviri-Vidari

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.

Pronunciation

Noun

او (ov)

  1. (Vidari) water

Synonyms

References

Azerbaijani

Pronoun

او (o)

  1. Arabic spelling of o (he, she, it)

Bakhtiari

Noun

او (aw)

  1. water

References

  • The Phonology of the Bakhtiari, Badakhshani, and Madaglashti Dialects of Modern Persian (1922)

Brahui

Pronoun

او (ō)

  1. he

Chagatai

Alternative forms

Pronoun

او (u)

  1. he, she, it

Declension

Kalami

Etymology

From Sanskrit उदक (udaka), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (water). Cognate with Indus Kohistani وی (vī́).

Noun

اُو (ū)

  1. water

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /waːwuk/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /oː/

Letter

او (ō)

  1. a vowel of Kashmiri.

Forms

The vowel او in its initial form is او , middle form و and final form و

See also

  • Previous vowel: اۆ (o)
  • Next vowel : اۄ ()

Kermanic

Noun

او (ōū, ō)

  1. (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

Khalaj

Pronoun

اوْ (ô) (definite accusative اوُنؽ, plural اوُللار)

  1. Arabic spelling of ô (he, she, it)

See also

Larestani

Noun

او (ow)

  1. 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)

  1. water

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *eb (dwelling place, house).

Noun

أو (ev)

  1. house
Declension
Synonyms
Descendants
  • Gagauz: ev
  • Turkish: ev
  • Crimean Tatar: ev

Etymology 2

The older اول (ol) reduced to this form in ordinary speech.

Pronoun

او (o)

  1. (late Ottoman) Alternative form of اول (ol, he, she, it)

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aw/
  • (file)

Conjunction

او (aw)

  1. and

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (OLE), 𐭥𐭫𐭤 (ʿlh), 𐫀𐫇𐫏 (ʾwy /⁠ōy⁠/, he; she; that).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ō
Dari reading? ō
Iranian reading? u
Tajik reading? ü

Pronoun

Dari او
Iranian Persian
Tajik ӯ

او (u)

  1. she, he, they (meaning the third-person singular, of unknown or irrelevant gender, but animate)
    Synonym: (colloquial) اون
    «او کُجَاسْت؟» «مَن نَمی‌دَانَم، اَمَّا مَن اورَا پیشْتَر دِیدَم»
    “ō kujāst?” “man namē-dānam, ammā man ōrā pēštar dīdam”
    "where is he?" "I don't know, but I saw him earlier"
    (Dari, more formal)
  2. (Hazaragi, Kabuli) colloquial form of آن (it)
Usage notes
  • In many colloquial varieties or Persian, the terms آن (that, it) and او (he, she, they) have merged. In Iran this is typically realized as اون (un), in Afghanistan this is typically realized as اُو (ū).
    • In both Iran and Afghanistan the plural of these terms has similarly combined in colloquial speech, which is typically realized as اونا in both regions.
  • When the pronoun is acting as a grammatical object, it is combined with the direct-object particle را () 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 ().
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

او (aw or ow)

  1. Dialectal form of آب (âb, water; liquid; juice)

Saraiki

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

او (ō) (Devanagari )

  1. (distal) third-person subjective personal pronoun: he, she, it, they
  2. distal demonstrative pronoun: that, those

Talysh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.

Noun

او (ov)

  1. water

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Classical Persian او (ō).

Pronoun

او (o) (Hindi spelling )

  1. he, she
  2. third-person singular subjective personal pronoun of unspecified gender: they
  3. that
  4. it
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit इव (iva).

Adverb

اِو (iv) (Hindi spelling इव)

  1. thus
  2. as
  3. almost

Preposition

اِو (iv) (Hindi spelling इव)

  1. as
  2. like

Ushojo

Interjection

او (ō)

  1. oh
  2. hey