دلو

Arabic

دَلْو

Etymology 1

From the root د ل و‎ (d-l-w). From Proto-Semitic, compare Classical Syriac ܕܰܘܠܳܐ‎ (dawlā, “pail, bucket”), Hebrew דְּלִי‎ (dəlī, “pail, bucket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dalw/

Noun

دَلْو • (dalw) m or f (plural دِلَاء‎ (dilāʔ) or أَدْلَاء‎ (ʔadlāʔ) or أَدْلٍ‎ (ʔadlin))

1. pail, bucket

Declension

Declension of noun دَلْو (dalw)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَلْو dalw	الدَّلْو‎ ad-dalw	دَلْو dalw
Nominative	دَلْوٌ dalwun	الدَّلْوُ‎ ad-dalwu	دَلْوُ dalwu
Accusative	دَلْوًا‎ dalwan	الدَّلْوَ‎ ad-dalwa	دَلْوَ dalwa
Genitive	دَلْوٍ dalwin	الدَّلْوِ‎ ad-dalwi	دَلْوِ dalwi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَلْوَيْن‎ dalwayn	الدَّلْوَيْن‎ ad-dalwayn	دَلْوَيْ‎ dalway
Nominative	دَلْوَانِ‎ dalwāni	الدَّلْوَانِ‎ ad-dalwāni	دَلْوَا‎ dalwā
Accusative	دَلْوَيْنِ‎ dalwayni	الدَّلْوَيْنِ‎ ad-dalwayni	دَلْوَيْ‎ dalway
Genitive	دَلْوَيْنِ‎ dalwayni	الدَّلْوَيْنِ‎ ad-dalwayni	دَلْوَيْ‎ dalway
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِلَاء‎‎; أَدْلَاء‎‎; أَدْلِي‎ dilāʔ‎; ʔadlāʔ‎; ʔadlī	الدِّلَاء‎‎; الْأَدْلَاء‎‎; الْأَدْلِي‎ ad-dilāʔ‎; al-ʔadlāʔ‎; al-ʔadlī	دِلَاء‎‎; أَدْلَاء‎‎; أَدْلِي‎ dilāʔ‎; ʔadlāʔ‎; ʔadlī
Nominative	دِلَاءٌ‎‎; أَدْلَاءٌ‎‎; أَدْلٍ‎ dilāʔun‎; ʔadlāʔun‎; ʔadlin	الدِّلَاءُ‎‎; الْأَدْلَاءُ‎‎; الْأَدْلِي‎ ad-dilāʔu‎; al-ʔadlāʔu‎; al-ʔadlī	دِلَاءُ‎‎; أَدْلَاءُ‎‎; أَدْلِي‎ dilāʔu‎; ʔadlāʔu‎; ʔadlī
Accusative	دِلَاءً‎‎; أَدْلَاءً‎‎; أَدْلِيًا‎ dilāʔan‎; ʔadlāʔan‎; ʔadliyan	الدِّلَاءَ‎‎; الْأَدْلَاءَ‎‎; الْأَدْلِيَ‎ ad-dilāʔa‎; al-ʔadlāʔa‎; al-ʔadliya	دِلَاءَ‎‎; أَدْلَاءَ‎‎; أَدْلِيَ‎ dilāʔa‎; ʔadlāʔa‎; ʔadliya
Genitive	دِلَاءٍ‎‎; أَدْلَاءٍ‎‎; أَدْلٍ‎ dilāʔin‎; ʔadlāʔin‎; ʔadlin	الدِّلَاءِ‎‎; الْأَدْلَاءِ‎‎; الْأَدْلِي‎ ad-dilāʔi‎; al-ʔadlāʔi‎; al-ʔadlī	دِلَاءِ‎‎; أَدْلَاءِ‎‎; أَدْلِي‎ dilāʔi‎; ʔadlāʔi‎; ʔadlī

Derived terms

• الدَلْو‎ (ad-dalw, “Aquarius”)

Descendants

• → Persian: دلو‎ (dalv)

Etymology 2

From the root د ل و‎ (d-l-w).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dalw/

Noun

دَلْو • (dalw) m

1. verbal noun of دَلَا‎ (dalā) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun دَلْو (dalw)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَلْو dalw	الدَّلْو‎ ad-dalw	دَلْو dalw
Nominative	دَلْوٌ dalwun	الدَّلْوُ‎ ad-dalwu	دَلْوُ dalwu
Accusative	دَلْوًا‎ dalwan	الدَّلْوَ‎ ad-dalwa	دَلْوَ dalwa
Genitive	دَلْوٍ dalwin	الدَّلْوِ‎ ad-dalwi	دَلْوِ dalwi

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 63
• Freytag, Georg (1833), “دلو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 53

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَلْو‎ (dalw, “pail, bucket”).

Noun

دلو • (delv) (plural دلا‎ or ادلا‎)

1. pail, bucket, a container used to carry liquids

   Synonyms: آبریز‎ (abriz), قوغه‎ (koğa)

2. (astronomy) Aquarius, a constellation of the zodiac
3. (astrology) Aquarius, the zodiac sign for the water carrier

Descendants

• Turkish: delv

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “delv”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1141
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “دلو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 580
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Situla”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1563
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “دلو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2130
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دلو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 912

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪ.loː/

Noun

دِلو • (dilo) (Hindi spelling दिलो)

1. vocative plural of دِل‎ (dil, “heart”)