الو
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Bulgar
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *elig.
Noun
الُو (elü)[1]
- hand
- عُلَمَا سَمنَ سَوَان مَسجِد سَمنَ عَمَارَة طَنَان اَكِل خَيرَاتلُ الُوى بَرَكاتلُ مُون سُوَار يَالِ [...] عَلىِ خوَاجَه آولِ آترَج خُواجَه آولِ آبُوبَكَر خُوَاجَه آولِ آلِبْ خُواجَه بَلُوى كُ ― 'Ulamâsemne sevên mescidsemne 'amâret tanân ekil hayrâtlu, elüwi berekâtlu Mûn Suwâr yêli Ali howâce awli Atrac howâce awli Abûbeker howâce awli Alıp howâce belüwi kü. ― This is the monument of teacher Ali's son teacher Atrac's son teacher Ebubeker's son teacher Alıp, who loves scholars and builds mosques, very beneficent, whose hands are fertile, who is descent from the big Suwâr clan.
Descendants
- Chuvash: алӑ (ală)
References
- ^ Agyágasi, Klára (2019) Chuvash Historical Phonetics (Turcologica; 117), Wiesbaden: Harrssowitz, page 170
- 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
- Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 32
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *ellig.
Alternative forms
- اَلُّ (ellü)
Noun
الُو (ellüw)
Descendants
- Chuvash: аллӑ (allă)
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)
References
- Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “aaluu”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.
Malay
Noun
الو (plural الو-الو or الو٢, informal 1st possessive الوکو, 2nd possessive الومو, 3rd possessive الوڽ)
Pashto
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
الو • (alu) ?
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Urdu آلُو (ālū, “potato”).
Noun
الو • (alu) ?
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
A Turkic borrowing,[1] compare Azerbaijani alov, Uzbek olov, Turkish alev, Kazakh алау (alau).
Noun
| Dari | الو |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | алов |
الو • (alow)
References
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alev”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Etymology 2
Interjection
الو • (alo)
- hello (when answering the telephone)
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀮𑀽𑀅 (ulūa), from Sanskrit उलूक (úlūka). Cognate with Gujarati ઉલ્લૂ (ullū) and Punjabi الو (ullū).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʊl.luː/
- Rhymes: -uː
Noun
اُلُّو • (ullū) m (Hindi spelling उल्लू)
Further reading
- “الو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “الو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “الو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “الو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “الو”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “الو”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC