بو
Karakhanid edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆 (bu, “this”), Turkish bu (“this”).
Pronoun edit
بو (bū)
Related terms edit
- مُنْدا (mundā, “here”)
Determiner edit
بو (bū)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Turkic *būg (“steam”). Cognate with Turkish buğu (“steam”).
Noun edit
بو (bū)
Khalaj edit
Pronoun edit
Khowar edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit बहु (bahu), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥ǵʰús. Cognate with Kalasha bo.
Adjective edit
بو (bo)
References edit
- Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2005) “بو”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio, Chicago: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago.
Omani Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Conjunction edit
بو (bū)
- A relativizer, used to introduce a relative clause after a determinate noun
References edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”).
Pronoun edit
بو • (bu)
- (demonstrative) this
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Turkish: bu
See also edit
Noun edit
بو • (bö)
- Alternative form of بوی (böy)
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [boː], [buː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [buː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bɵ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | bō, bū |
Dari reading? | bō |
Iranian reading? | bu |
Tajik reading? | bü |
Noun edit
Dari | بو |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | бӯ |
بو • (bu) (plural بوها (bu-hâ))
- 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 edit
Basic forms of بو (bu) | ||
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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 edit
- بوی (buy)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
(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 edit
بو • (bow)
References edit
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 14-6
Southeast Pashayi edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
بو (bõ)
Further reading edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian بو (bō, “smell, odor”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /buː/, /boː/
Noun edit
بو • (bū or bo) ?
Hyponyms edit
References edit
- “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], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.