آلو

See also: ألو‎ and الو‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Interjection

آلُو • (ʾālū)

1. hello (when answering the telephone)

Etymology 2

Verb

آلُو • (ʾālū) (form I)

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

Verb

آلُوَ • (ʾāluwa) (form I)

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

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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

From Persian آلو‎ (âlu).

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, Constantinople: Mihran, page 857
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آلو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 190

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwk' /ālūg/, “plum, prune”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

آلو • (âlu)

1. plum, prune

Derived terms

• آلوچه‎ (âluče)
• خرمالو‎ (xormâlu)
• شفتالو‎ (šaft-âlu)
• زردآلو‎ (zard-âlu)
• آلوی بخارا‎ (ālūʼi buxārā)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: alı
• → Ottoman Turkish: آلو‎ (âlû)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “आरु”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 645a

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHlu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHlu (“edible root”). Cognate with Latin alium (“onion, garlic”) and Sanskrit आलु (ālu).

Noun

آلو • (âlu)

1. (dialectal, Kazerun) potato

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Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit आलु (ālu).

Noun

آلو • (ālu, ālū or ālu) m (Hindi spelling आलू or आलु‎)

1. potato

Descendants

• → English: aloo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian آلو‎ (âlu).

Noun

آلو • (ālū) m (Hindi spelling आलू)

1. plum, prune