الو

See also: آلو and ألو

Malay

Alternative forms

• alu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayic *halu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, *laqəlu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alu/
• Rhymes: -alu, -lu, -u

Noun

الو (Rumi spelling alu)

1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)

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Persian

Alternative forms

• آلاوه (ālāve) (archaic)
• آلاو (ālāv) (archaic)
• الاو (alāv) (archaic)

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to burn”). Could also be from Proto-Iranian *ātṛ-.

Noun

الو • (alow)

1. flame, blaze

Etymology 2

From French allô.

Interjection

1. hello (when answering the telephone)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit उलूक (ulūka).

Noun

اُلو • (ullū) m (Hindi spelling उल्लू)

1. owl