بو

See also: تو‎, پو‎, and Appendix:Variations of "bu"

Karakhanid

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆‎ (bu, “this”), Turkish bu (“this”).

Pronoun

بو (bū)

1. this

Related terms

• مُنْدا‎ (mundā, “here”)

Determiner

بو (bū)

1. this

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *būg (“steam”). Cognate with Turkish buğu (“steam”).

Noun

بو (bū)

1. steam

Khalaj

Pronoun

بوْ (bô)

1. Arabic spelling of bô (“this”)

Omani Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَبُو‎ (ʔabū).

Conjunction

بو (bū)

1. A relativizer, used to introduce a relative clause after a determinate noun

References

• Nöldeke, Theodor (1895), “Über einen arabischen Dialect”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[1] (in German), volume 9, pages 10–11
• Reinhardt, Carl (1894) Ein arabischer Dialekt gesprochen in ʿOmān und Zanzibar, nach praktischen Gesichtspunkten für das Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin (Lehrbücher des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin; XIII)‎^[2] (in German), Stuttgart & Berlin: W. Spemann, pages 284–285

Ottoman Turkish

Pronoun

بو • (bu)

1. (demonstrative) this

Declension

declension of بو

	singular (مفرد‎)	plural (جمع‎)
nominative	بو (bu)	بونلر‎ (bunlar)
genitive	بونڭ‎ (bunuñ)	بونلرڭ‎ (bunlarıñ)
dative	بوڭا‎ (buña)	بونلره‎ (bunlara)
definite accusative	بونی‎ (bunı)	بونلری‎ (bunları)
locative	بونده‎ (bunda)	بونلرده‎ (bunlarda)
ablative	بوندن‎ (bundan)	بونلردن‎ (bunlardan)

Descendants

• Turkish: bu

See also

• اول‎ (ol)
• شو‎ (şu)

Noun

بو • (bö)

1. Alternative form of بوی‎ (böy)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *bawd- (“to smell”), which is perhaps a semantic specialization of Proto-Iranian *bawd- (“to feel, sense”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Akin to Old Armenian բոյր (boyr), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [boː], [buː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [boː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [boː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [boː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bʊː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [buː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɵ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bō, bū
Dari reading?	bō
Iranian reading?	bu
Tajik reading?	bü

Noun

Dari	بو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бӯ

بو • (bu) (plural بوها‎ (bu-hâ))

1. smell, scent

   ‏آی گل ریحون چنین بویی نداره یار گلم‎

   ây gol-e reyhun čenin bu-yi nadâre yâr golom

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Inflection

Basic forms of بو (bu)
	singular	plural
bare	بو (bú)	بوها (bu-hấ) بوا △ (buấ)
definitive direct object	بو را (bú râ) بو رو △ (bú ro)	بوها را (bu-hấ râ) بوا رو △ (buấ ro)
ezâfe	بوی (bú-ye)	بوهای (bu-hấ-ye) بوای △ (buấ-ye)
marked indefinite or relative definite	بویی (búi)	بوهایی (bu-hấ-i) بوایی △ (buấ-i)
△ Colloquial.

Alternative forms

• بوی‎ (buy)

Related terms

• بو کردن‎ (bu kardan)
• بوییدن‎ (buyidan)

Descendants

• → Bengali: বু (bu)
• → Urdu: بو‎ (bū)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Seems like a "papa"-type word.”)

Noun

بو • (bow)

1. (dialectal, Kazerun) father, dad, daddy
2. (dialectal, Kazerun) grandfather

References

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 14-6

Southeast Pashayi

Etymology

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

Noun

بو (bõ)

1. mosquito

Further reading

• Abd-El-Malek Lamuwal; Adam Baker (2013), “Southeastern Pashayi”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 43, Cambridge: International Phonetic Association, pages 243-246

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian بو‎ (bō, “smell, odor”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /buː/, /boː/

Noun

بو • (bū or bo) ?

1. smell, odor, scent
2. stink, stench

Hyponyms

• بو دار‎ (bū-dār)
• خوشبو‎ (xušbū)
  • خوشبودار‎ (xušbūdār)
• بد بو‎ (bad-bū)
  • بد بودار‎ (bad-būdār)

References

• “بو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “بو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “بو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.