ابو

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See also: أبو and اتو

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *habu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *(h)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)abu(s), from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Pronunciation

Noun

ابو (plural ابو-ابو or ابو۲, informal 1st possessive ابوکو, 2nd possessive ابومو, 3rd possessive ابوڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of abu‎: ash (solid remains of a fire)
    Synonyms: دبو (debu), دولي (duli), لبو (lebu)

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَب (ʔab).

Pronunciation

Noun

اَبُّو • (abbū) m (Hindi spelling अब्बू)

  1. (endearing) diminutive of اَبّا (abbā, “dad”)
    Coordinate term: اَمّی (ammī)

Further reading

  • “ابو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ابو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ابو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 27
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ابو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 5
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