آلو

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See also: ألو and الو

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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Particularly: “French allô?”

Interjection[edit]

آلُو • (ʔālū)

  1. hello (when answering the telephone)

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

آلُو • (ʔālū) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَلَا (ʔalā)

Verb[edit]

آلُوَ • (ʔāluwa) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَلَا (ʔalā)

Khalaj[edit]

Noun[edit]

آلو (âlu) (definite accusative آلونوُ, plural آلولار)

  1. Arabic spelling of âlu (“plum”)

Declension[edit]

Declension of آلو
singular plural
nominative آلو آلولار
genitive آلوݧ آلولارؽݧ
dative آلوقا آلولارقا
definite accusative آلوݧ آلولارؽ
locative آلوچا آلولارچا
ablative آلودا آلولاردا
instrumental آلولا آلولارلا
equative آلووارا آلولاروارا

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

A derivation from Proto-Turkic *yal- (“flame”).[1][2]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

آلو • (alev)

  1. flame
    Synonym: یالین (yalın)
Descendants[edit]
  • Turkish: alev

Etymology 2[edit]

From Persian آلو (âlu).

Noun[edit]

آلو • (alu)

  1. plum
    Synonym: ارك (erük)
Related terms[edit]
  • زردآلو (zerdalu, “apricot”, literally “yellow plum”)

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*yal-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alev”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwk' /⁠ālūg⁠/, “plum, prune”). Ultimately a Wanderwort of unknown origin. Compare Proto-Turkic *erük (“plum, apricot”, whence Turkish erik (“plum”)), Nepali आरु (āru, “plum”), Ashkun arú (“plum”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? ālū
Dari reading? ālū
Iranian reading? âlu
Tajik reading? olu
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Noun[edit]

Dari آلو
Iranian Persian
Tajik олу

آلو • (âlu)

  1. plum, prune
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Azerbaijani: alı
  • → Khalaj: âlu
  • → Ottoman Turkish: آلو (âlû)

Etymology 2[edit]

Suffix[edit]

آلو • (âlu)

  1. Colloquial form of آلود (âlud, “soiled, stained by”)
    ‎خواب (xâb, “sleep”) + ‎آلو (âlu) → ‎خوابالو (xâbâlu, “sleepy”)
  2. (colloquial) A suffix forming adjectives with an endearing nuance.
    ‎پشم (pašm, “wool”) + ‎آلو (âlu) → ‎پشمالو (pašmâlu, “fuzzy-wuzzy”)
Usage notes[edit]
  • Variably written as آلو or ـالو.

Etymology 3[edit]

From Hindi आलु (ālu), from Sanskrit आलु (ālu). Doublet of Dari کچالو (kačālū).

Noun[edit]

آلو • (âlu)

  1. (dialectal, Kazerun) potato

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rio dal Martello et al. (2023) “The Domestication and Dispersal of Large-Fruiting Prunus spp.: A Metadata Analysis of Archaeobotanical Material”, in Agronomy, volume 13, number 4, →DOI

Urdu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀮𑀼𑀕 (āluga), from Sanskrit आलुक (āluka, “elephant foot yam”). The word began to be used in the sense "potato" after the importation of potatoes to South Asia from the Americas by Europeans, displacing cultivation of the similar elephant foot yam.

Noun[edit]

آلُو • (ālū) m (Hindi spelling आलू or आलु)

  1. potato
Declension[edit]
Declension of آلو
singular plural
direct آلو (ālū) آلو (ālū)
oblique آلو (ālū) آلووں (ālūō̃)
vocative آلو (ālū) آلوو (ālūō)
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian آلُو (ālū).

Noun[edit]

آلُو • (ālū) m (Hindi spelling आलू)

  1. plum, prune

Ushojo[edit]

Verb[edit]

آلو (ālū)

  1. came
  2. return
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