خو

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See also: جو and چو

Bakhtiari

Etymology 1

Compare Persian خواهر

Noun

خو (xow)

  1. sister

Etymology 2

Compare Persian خواب

Noun

خو (xow)

  1. sleep

Etymology 3

Compare Persian خود

Noun

خو (xo)

  1. self

Etymology 4

Compare Persian خوب and Gulf Arabic below.

Interjection

خو (xo)

  1. well!

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Persian خو (xo), form of خب (xob).

Pronunciation

Interjection

خو • (ḵō)

  1. Used to indicate that something is clearly evident, obvious, and/or common-sense; duh; obviously; clearly.
    - ليش ما قتلي ان لازم البس دشداشة حق العرس
    - ما يحتاج اقول خو!
    - Why haven't you told me that I need to wear a dishdasha for the wedding
    - I don't need to say duh!

Mazanderani

Noun

خو (xô)

  1. sleep

Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

Noun

خو • (ḵū) m

  1. construct state of أخ (ʔaḵḵ)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (hwk' /⁠xōg⁠/). Compare Old Armenian խոկ (xok).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xū
Dari reading? xū
Iranian reading? xu
Tajik reading? xu

Noun

خو • (xu)

  1. temper, disposition
Descendants
  • → Armenian: խույ (xuy), խոյ (xoy), խու (xu)
  • → Azerbaijani: xuy
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خوی (huy)
  • → Udi: хуй (χuj)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Dari reading? xu
Iranian reading? xo

Pronoun

خو • (xo) (colloquial, various regions)

  1. Colloquial form of خود (“self, one's own”)
    مو عامو امرو پسین عکسشه دیدُم خوش و نومزادش سی خوشون تو چمنا بیدن.
    Mo âmu emru/omru pasin akseše didom xoš o numzâdeš si xošun tu čamanâ biden. (dialectal, Bushehr)
    (Uncle!) This afternoon, I saw their photo; Himself and his fiancée were (sitting) on the lawn (for themselves).

Noun

خو • (xo)

  1. Colloquial form of خود (“self, one's own”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Dari reading? xaw
Iranian reading? xow, xav

Noun

خو • (xow) (chiefly Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, Kabuli and Hazaragi)

  1. Colloquial form of خواب (xâb, “dream, sleep”)

Adjective

خو • (xow) (chiefly Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, Kabuli and Hazaragi)

  1. Colloquial form of خواب (xâb, “asleep”)

Etymology 4

Probably a clipping of خوب (xūb)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Dari reading? xō

Interjection

خو • (xō)

  1. (chiefly Dari) okay, OK

Southwestern Fars

Noun

خو (xow)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv) dream
  2. (Masarm, Deh Sarv) sleep

Ushojo

Conjunction

خو (xō)

  1. but
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