دلو

Arabic

دَلْو

Etymology 1

Root
د ل و (d l w)
5 terms

From Proto-Semitic. Compare Akkadian 𒁕𒇻 (/⁠dalū, dūlu⁠/, “bucket”), Aramaic דול (daul, “bucket”), Classical Syriac ܕܰܘܠܳܐ (dawlā, “pail, bucket”), Hebrew דְּלִי (dəlī, “pail, bucket”), as well as the loanwords from Semitic Old Armenian դոյլ (doyl) and Persian دول (dul, “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

Root
د ل و (d l w)
5 terms

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^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 53

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tēlbe.

cognates

Cognate with Bashkir тиле (tile), Kazakh дәлду (däldu), Kyrgyz тели (teli), Turkmen däli, Uyghur تەلۋە (telwe) and Uzbek telba.

Alternative forms

• دلی (deli)

Adjective

دلو • (delü)

1. mad, crazy, insane, lunatic, bonkers, not sane, exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind, mentally deranged

   Synonyms: احمق (aḥmaq), دیوانه (dīvāne), مجنون (mecnūn)

2. brave, courageous, especially brave in an extreme manner
3. rash, foolhardy, reckless, impulsive, precipitate, acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks

Noun

دلو • (delü) (definite accusative دلویی (delüyi), plural دلولر (delüler))

1. madman, madwoman, loony, nut, psycho, schizo, nutcase, a person who is insane or mentally disturbed
2. braveheart, someone who is extremely brave

Derived terms

• دلو دیوانه (delü dīvāne, “crazy”)
• دلوجه (delüce, “darnel”)
• دلورمك (delürmek, “to go crazy”)
• دلولك (delülik, delülük, “madness”)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: dəli
  • → Lezgi: дели (deli)
• Gagauz: deli
• Ottoman Turkish: دلی (deli), دلو (delü)
  • Turkish: deli
    • → Swedish: deli
  • → Armenian: տէլի (tēli)
  • → Greek: ντελής (ntelís)
  • → Hungarian: deli
  • → Serbo-Croatian: delija

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “delü”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 193
• Çetin, Hasan Ali (2020) “delü”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Eczacılık ve Tıp Terimleri Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Pharmacy and Medicine Dictionary] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1365)‎^[2], 2025 edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN, page 85

Etymology 2

From دلـ (dile-, “to wish”) +‎ ـو (-ü).

Alternative forms

• دیلو (dilü)

Noun

دلو • (dilü) (definite accusative دلویی (dilüyi), plural دلولر (dilüler))

1. wish

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “dilü”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 208

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

Further reading

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• 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^[3], 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^[4], 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^[5], Vienna, column 2130
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دلو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 912
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “delv”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

Urdu

Pronunciation

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

Noun

دِلو • (dilo) (Hindi spelling दिलो)

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