آلو

See also: ألو and الو

Arabic

Etymology 1

Interjection

آلُو • (ʔālū)

1. hello (when answering the telephone)

Etymology 2

Verb

آلُو • (ʔālū) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَلَا (ʔalā)

Verb

آلُوَ • (ʔāluwa) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَلَا (ʔalā)

Khalaj

Noun

آلو (âlu) (definite accusative آلونوُ, plural آلولار)

1. Arabic spelling of âlu (“plum”)

Declension

Declension of آلو

	singular	plural
nominative	آلو	آلولار
genitive	آلوݧ	آلولارؽݧ
dative	آلوقا	آلولارقا
definite accusative	آلوݧ	آلولارؽ
locative	آلوچا	آلولارچا
ablative	آلودا	آلولاردا
instrumental	آلولا	آلولارلا
equative	آلووارا	آلولاروارا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

A derivation from Proto-Turkic *yal- (“flame”).

Alternative forms

• علو (alev)

Noun

آلو • (alev)

1. flame

   Synonym: یالین (yalın)

Descendants

• Turkish: alev

Etymology 2

From Persian آلو (âlu).

Noun

آلو • (alu)

1. plum

   Synonym: ارك (erük)

Related terms

• زردآلو (zerdalu, “apricot”, literally “yellow plum”)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “علو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 857
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آلو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 190

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwk' /⁠ālūg⁠/, “plum, prune”). Ultimately a Wanderwort of unknown origin. Compare Proto-Turkic *erük (“plum, apricot”, whence Turkish erik (“plum”)), Nepali आरु (āru, “plum”), Ashkun arú (“plum”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈluː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.lúː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.lúː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.lúː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.lú]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.lúː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.lú]

Readings
Classical reading?	ālū
Dari reading?	ālū
Iranian reading?	âlu
Tajik reading?	olu

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Noun

Dari	آلو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	олу

آلو • (âlu)

1. plum, prune

Derived terms

• آلوچه (âluče)
• آلوی بخارا (âlu-ye boxârâ)
• خرمالو (xormâlu)
• زردآلو (zard-âlu)
• شفتالو (šaft-âlu)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: alı
• → Khalaj: âlu
• → Ottoman Turkish: آلو (âlû)

Etymology 2

Suffix

آلو • (âlu)

1. Colloquial form of آلود (âlud, “soiled, stained by”)

   ‎خواب (xâb, “sleep”) + ‎آلو (âlu) → ‎خوابالو (xâbâlu, “sleepy”)

2. (colloquial) A suffix forming adjectives with an endearing nuance.

   ‎پشم (pašm, “wool”) + ‎آلو (âlu) → ‎پشمالو (pašmâlu, “fuzzy-wuzzy”)

Usage notes

• Variably written as آلو or ـالو.

Etymology 3

From Hindi आलु (ālu), from Sanskrit आलु (ālu). Doublet of Dari کچالو (kačālū).

Noun

آلو • (âlu)

1. (dialectal, Kazerun) potato

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.luː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀮𑀼𑀕 (āluga), from Sanskrit आलुक (āluka, “elephant foot yam”). The word began to be used in the sense "potato" after the importation of potatoes to South Asia from the Americas by Europeans, displacing cultivation of the similar elephant foot yam.

Noun

آلُو • (ālū) m (Hindi spelling आलू or आलु)

1. potato

Declension

Declension of آلو
	singular	plural
direct	آلو (ālū)	آلو (ālū)
oblique	آلو (ālū)	آلووں (ālūō̃)
vocative	آلو (ālū)	آلوو (ālūō)

Descendants

• → English: aloo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian آلُو (ālū).

Noun

آلُو • (ālū) m (Hindi spelling आलू)

1. plum, prune

Ushojo

Verb

آلو (ālū)

1. came
2. return