آلو

See also: ـآلو, ـالو, ألو, and الو

Arabic

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

French allôbor.

Arabic آلو

Borrowed from French allô.

Interjection

آلُو • (ʔālo)

1. hello (when answering the telephone)

Etymology 2

Verb

آلو (form I)

1. آلُو (ʔālū) /ʔaː.luː/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَلَا (ʔalā)
2. آلُوَ (ʔāluwa) /ʔaː.lu.wa/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَلَا (ʔalā)

Gawar-Bati

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu آلو (ālo).

Noun

آلو (ālū)

1. potato

Khalaj

Noun

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

1. Arabic spelling of âlu (“plum”)

Declension

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	آلوواره	آلولارواره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

A derivation from Proto-Turkic *yal- (“flame”).

Alternative forms

• علو (alev)

Noun

آلو • (alev)

1. flame

   Synonym: یالین (yalın)

Descendants

• Turkish: alev

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian آلو (ālū).

Noun

آلو • (alu)

1. plum

   Synonym: ارك (erük)

Related terms

• زردآلو (zerdalu, “apricot”, literally “yellow plum”)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “علو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 857
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آلو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 190

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ˈluː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.lúː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.lúː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.lúː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.lú]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.lúː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.lú]

Readings
Classical reading?	ālū
Dari reading?	ālū
Iranian reading?	âlu
Tajik reading?	olu

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	آلو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	олу

آلو • (âlu)

1. plum, prune

Derived terms

• آلوچه (âluče)
• آلوی بخارا (âlu-ye boxârâ)
• خرمالو (xormâlu)
• زردآلو (zard-âlu)
• شفتالو (šaft-âlu)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: alı
• → Khalaj: âlu
• → Ottoman Turkish: آلو (âlû)
• → Northern Luri: ںاڵی (ałi)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

آلو • (âlu)

1. (dialectal, Kazerun) potato

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.luː/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Sanskrit आलुक (āluka)

Urdu آلو

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

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

1. potato
2. (slang) having a fat body, plump, clumsy

Declension

Declension of آلو

	singular	plural
direct	آلو (ālū)	آلو (ālū)
oblique	آلو (ālū)	آلووں (ālūõ)
vocative	آلو (ālū)	آلوو (ālūo)

Descendants

• → English: aloo
• → Pashto: الو (alu)

References

• Awwaleen Urdu Slang Lughat by Rauf Parekh, p. 41.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian آلُو (ālū).

Noun

آلُو • (ālū) m (Hindi spelling आलू)

1. plum, prune

Ushojo

Verb

آلو (ālū)

1. came
2. return