آلو
Arabic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Interjection[edit]
آلُو • (ʔālū)
- hello (when answering the telephone)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
- first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَلَا (ʔalā)
Verb[edit]
- first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَلَا (ʔalā)
Khalaj[edit]
Noun[edit]
آلو (âlu) (definite accusative آلونوُ, plural آلولار)
Declension[edit]
Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
A derivation from Proto-Turkic *yal- (“flame”).[1][2]
Alternative forms[edit]
- علو (alev)
Noun[edit]
آلو • (alev)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: alev
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
آلو • (alu)
Related terms[edit]
- زردآلو (zerdalu, “apricot”, literally “yellow plum”)
Further reading[edit]
- 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
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “alev”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Persian[edit]
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]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.ˈluː]
- (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 (file)
Noun[edit]
آلو • (âlu)
Derived terms[edit]
- آلوچه (âluče)
- آلوی بخارا (âlu-ye boxârâ)
- خرمالو (xormâlu)
- زردآلو (zard-âlu)
- شفتالو (šaft-âlu)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Suffix[edit]
آلو • (âlu)
- Colloquial form of آلود (âlud, “soiled, stained by”)
- (colloquial) A suffix forming adjectives with an endearing nuance.
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)
References[edit]
- ^ 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, issue 4,
Urdu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑː.luː/
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)
Declension[edit]
Declension of آلو | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | آلو (ālū) | آلو (ālū) |
oblique | آلو (ālū) | آلووں (ālūō̃) |
vocative | آلو (ālū) | آلوو (ālūō) |
Descendants[edit]
- → English: aloo
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian آلُو (ālū).
Noun[edit]
آلُو • (ālū) m (Hindi spelling आलू)
Ushojo[edit]
Verb[edit]
آلو (ālū)
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic interjections
- Arabic non-lemma forms
- Arabic verb forms
- Khalaj lemmas
- Khalaj nouns
- Khalaj terms in Arabic script
- Ottoman Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic
- Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Ottoman Turkish lemmas
- Ottoman Turkish nouns
- Ottoman Turkish terms borrowed from Persian
- Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Persian
- ota:Stone fruits
- Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian
- Persian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian terms with audio links
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns
- Persian suffixes
- Persian colloquialisms
- Persian terms borrowed from Hindi
- Persian terms derived from Hindi
- Persian terms derived from Sanskrit
- Persian doublets
- Persian dialectal terms
- fa:Fruits
- fa:Vegetables
- fa:Stone fruits
- fa:Nightshades
- Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Urdu terms inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Urdu terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Urdu terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit
- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu nouns
- Urdu masculine nouns
- Urdu nouns with declension
- Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian
- ur:Fruits
- ur:Vegetables
- ur:Stone fruits
- ur:Nightshades
- Ushojo lemmas
- Ushojo verbs