او

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See also: أو‎ and آو‎

Alviri-Vidari[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

او (ov)

  1. (Vidari) water

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Azerbaijani[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

او (o)

  1. Arabic spelling of o (“he, she, it”)

Bakhtiari[edit]

Noun[edit]

او (aw)

  1. water

References[edit]

  • The Phonology of the Bakhtiari, Badakhshani, and Madaglashti Dialects of Modern Persian (1922)

Brahui[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

او (ō)

  1. he

Chagatai[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

او (u)

  1. he, she, it

Declension[edit]

Declension of Chagatai personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
familiar polite
nominative من‎
(män) 		سن‎
(sän) 		سیز‎
(siz) 		اول‎, او
(ul, u) 		بیز‎
(biz) 		سیزلار‎
(sizlär) 		اولار‎, الار‎
(ular, alar)
genitive منينک‎
(meniñ) 		سنينک‎
(seniñ) 		سیزنينک‎
(sizniñ) 		اونينک‎, انينک‎
(uniñ, aniñ) 		بیزنينک‎
(bizniñ) 		سیزلارنينک‎
(sizlärniñ) 		اولارنينک‎
(ularniñ)
dative منکا‎, مانکا‎
(maña) 		سنکا‎, سانکا‎
(saña) 		سیزکە‎
(sizgä) 		اولارغە انکا‎
(ularğa aña) 		بیزکا‎
(bizgä) 		سیزلارکا‎
(sizlärgä) 		اولارغە‎
(ularğa)
accusative منی‎
(meni) 		سنی‎
(seni) 		سیزنی‎
(sizni) 		انی‎
(ani) 		بیزنی‎
(bizni) 		سیزلارنی‎
(sizlärni) 		اولارنی‎
(ularni)
locative مندە‎
(mändä) 		سندە‎
(sändä) 		سیزدە‎
(sizdä) 		اونينکدە‎, اندا‎, انينکدە‎
(uniñda, anda, aniñda) 		بیزدە‎
(bizdä) 		سیزلاردە‎
(sizlärdä) 		اولاردە‎
(ularda)
ablative مندين‎
(mändin) 		سندين‎
(sändin) 		سیزدين‎
(sizdin) 		اونينکدين‎, اندين‎, انينکدين‎
(uniñdin, andin, aniñdin) 		بیزدين‎
(bizdin) 		سیزلاردين‎
(sizlärdin) 		اولاردين‎
(ulardin)

Kalami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit उदक (udaka), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognate with Indus Kohistani وی (vī́).

Noun[edit]

اُو (ū)

  1. water

Kashmiri[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /waːwuk/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /oː/

Letter[edit]

او • (ō)

  1. a vowel of Kashmiri.

Forms[edit]

The vowel او in its initial form is او , middle form و and final form و

See also[edit]

  • Previous vowel: اۆ‎ (o)
  • Next vowel : اۄ‎ (ọ)

Kermanic[edit]

Noun[edit]

او (ōū, ō)

  1. (Soi) water

References[edit]

  • Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

Khalaj[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

اوْ (ô)

  1. Arabic spelling of ô (“he, she, it”)

Larestani[edit]

Noun[edit]

او (ow)

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

Mazanderani[edit]

Noun[edit]

او (ow, o)

  1. water

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *eb (“dwelling place, house”).

Noun[edit]

أو • (ev)

  1. house
Declension[edit]
declension of او
singular (مفرد‎) plural (جمع‎)
nominative او (ev) اولر‎ (evler)
genitive اوڭ‎ (eviñ) اولرڭ‎ (evleriñ)
dative اوه‎ (eve) اولره‎ (evlere)
definite accusative اوی‎ (evi) اولری‎ (evleri)
locative اوده‎ (evde) اولرده‎ (evlerde)
ablative اودن‎ (evden) اولردن‎ (evlerden)
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Gagauz: ev
  • Turkish: ev
  • → Crimean Tatar: ev

Etymology 2[edit]

The older اول‎ (ol) reduced to this form in ordinary speech.

Pronoun[edit]

او • (o)

  1. (late Ottoman) Alternative form of اول‎ (ol, “he, she, it”)

Pashto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aw/
  • Audio(file)

Conjunction[edit]

او • (aw)

  1. and

Persian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (OLE), 𐭥𐭫𐭤‎ (ʿlh), 𐫀𐫇𐫏‎ (ʾwy /⁠ōy⁠/, “he; she; that”).

Alternative forms[edit]

  • اورا‎ (urâ, ôrâ) (as grammatical object)
  • اوی‎ (uy) (archaic)

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? ō
Dari reading? ō
Iranian reading? u
Tajik reading? ü

Pronoun[edit]

Dari او
Iranian Persian
Tajik ӯ

او • (u)

  1. she, he, they (meaning the third-person singular, of unknown or irrelevant gender, but animate)
    Synonym: (colloquial) اون‎
    ‏«او کجاست؟» «من نمی‌دانم، اما من اورا پیشتر دیدم«‎‎ ― "ō kujāst?" "man namē-dānam, amā man ōrā pēštar dīdam" ― "where is he?" "I don't know, but I saw him earlier" (Dari, more formal)
Usage notes[edit]
  • Only used for animate referents, that is, “he” and “she”, not “it”.
  • When the pronoun is acting as a grammatical object, it is combined with the direct-object particle را‎ (râ) as او را‎ (u râ, ô râ) or contracted into a single word as اورا‎ (urâ, ôrâ)
  • (Iran, colloquial) contracted to اونو (uno) when used with the direct-object particle را‎ (râ).
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Persian personal pronouns (Iranian Persian)
singular plural
1st person مَن‎ (man) ما‎ (mâ)
2nd person familiar تو‎ (to) شُما‎ (šomâ)
polite شُما‎ (šomâ)
3rd person general او‎ (u)
اون‎ (on)* 		آن‌ها‎ (ân-hâ), آنان‎ (ânân)
اونا‎ (onâ)*
formal وِی‎ (vey) ایشان‎ (išân)
polite ایشان‎ (išân)
* colloquial pronunciations
Persian personal pronouns (Classical and Dari)
singular plural
1st person من‎ (man),

مه‎ (ma)*

ما‎ (mā)
2nd person familiar تو‎ (tū) شما‎ (šumā)
polite شما‎ (šumā)
3rd person general او (ō),
آن‎ (ān) 		آن‌ها‎ (ān-hā),
آنان‎ (ānān),
آنا‎ (ānā)*,
اونا‎ (ōnā)*
formal وی‎ (way) ایشان‎ (ēšān)
polite ایشان‎ (ēšān)
* colloquial Dari pronunciations

Etymology 2[edit]

(colloquial) form of آب‎ (âb)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

او • (aw or ow)

  1. (dialectal, various locations) water
  2. (dialectal, various locations) liquid
  3. (dialectal, various locations) juice

Saraiki[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

او (ō) (Devanagari ओ‎)

  1. (distal) third-person subjective personal pronoun: he, she, it, they
  2. distal demonstrative pronoun: that, those

Talysh[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.

Noun[edit]

او (ov)

  1. water

Urdu[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Classical Persian او‎ (ō).

Pronoun[edit]

او • (o) (Hindi spelling ओ)

  1. he, she
  2. third-person singular subjective personal pronoun of unspecified gender: they
  3. that
  4. it
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit इव (iva).

Adverb[edit]

اِو • (iv) (Hindi spelling इव)

  1. thus
  2. as
  3. almost

Preposition[edit]

اِو • (iv) (Hindi spelling इव‎)

  1. as
  2. like

Ushojo[edit]

Interjection[edit]

او (ō)

  1. oh
  2. hey
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