او

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Alviri-Vidari

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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او (ov)

  1. (Vidari) water

Synonyms

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References

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Azerbaijani

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Pronoun

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او (o)

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

Bakhtiari

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Noun

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او (aw)

  1. water

References

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

Brahui

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Pronoun

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او (ō)

  1. he

Chagatai

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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او (u)

  1. he, she, it

Declension

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Kalami

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Etymology

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

Noun

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اُو (ū)

  1. water

Kashmiri

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

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او (ō)

  1. a vowel of Kashmiri.

Forms

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

See also

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

Kermanic

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Noun

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او (ōū, ō)

  1. (Soi) water

References

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

Khalaj

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Pronoun

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اوْ (ô) (definite accusative اوُنؽ, plural اوُللار)

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

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Larestani

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Noun

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او (ow)

  1. water

References

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

Mazanderani

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Noun

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او (ow, o)

  1. water

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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أو (ev)

  1. house
Declension
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Synonyms
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Descendants
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  • Gagauz: ev
  • Turkish: ev
  • Crimean Tatar: ev

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

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او (o)

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

Pashto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aw/
  • Audio:(file)

Conjunction

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او (aw)

  1. and

Persian

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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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 کُجَاسْت؟» «مَن نَمی‌دَانَم، اَمَّا مَن اورَا پیشْتَر دِیدَم»
    “ō kujāst?” “man namē-dānam, ammā man ōrā pēštar dīdam”
    "where is he?" "I don't know, but I saw him earlier"
    (Dari, more formal)
  2. (Hazaragi, Kabuli) colloquial form of آن (ân, it)
Usage notes
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  • In many colloquial varieties or Persian, the terms آن (that, it) and او (he, she, they) have merged. In Iran this is typically realized as اون (un), in Afghanistan this is typically realized as اُو (ū).
    • In both Iran and Afghanistan the plural of these terms has similarly combined in colloquial speech, which is typically realized as اونا in both regions.
  • When the pronoun is acting as a grammatical object, it is combined with the direct-object particle را () 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 ().
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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See also
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • (Dari, various regions) IPA(key): /aw/
  • (Iran, various regions) IPA(key): /ow/

Noun

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او (aw or ow)

  1. Colloquial form of آب (âb, water; liquid; juice) in various regions.

Further reading

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  • Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “او”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 41

Saraiki

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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او (ō) (Devanagari )

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

Talysh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.

Noun

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او (ov)

  1. water

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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From Classical Persian او (ō).

Pronoun

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او (o) (Hindi spelling )

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

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Borrowed from Sanskrit इव (iva).

Adverb

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اِو (iv) (Hindi spelling इव)

  1. thus
  2. as
  3. almost

Preposition

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اِو (iv) (Hindi spelling इव)

  1. as
  2. like

Ushojo

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Interjection

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او (ō)

  1. oh
  2. hey