تو را

Persian

Alternative forms

• ترا (torâ, torâ)

Etymology

first person singular pronoun تو (to, tu) with the direct-object particle را (râ).

Congnate with Urdu-Hindi (terâ) تیرا तेरा

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [toː ɾɑː], [tuː ɾɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuː rɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuː rɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuː rɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu rɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰo ɹɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu ɾɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tō rā, tū rā
Dari reading?	tū rā
Iranian reading?	to râ
Tajik reading?	tu ro

Pronoun

Dari	ترا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	туро

تو را • (torâ, turâ)

1. تو (to) with the direct-object particle را (râ)
2. a second-person pronoun; تو (to, “you”) as a grammatical object.

Usage notes

• Usually written as its shortened form ترا.
• Colloquial forms include توئو (to'o) (in Iran), and تره (tura) (in Afghanistan).

See also

• مرا (marâ)