او

See also: أو‎ and آو‎

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Alviri-Vidari

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ov/

Noun

او (ov)

1. (Vidari) water

Synonyms

• اكا‎ (Alviri)

References

• Yarshater, The Dialects of Alvīr and Vīdar

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic	о
Roman	o
Perso-Arabic	او

Etymology

Cognate with Old Turkic [Term?].

Pronoun

او (o)

1. he, she, (singular) they
2. it

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Bakhtiari

Noun

او (aw)

1. water

References

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

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Brahui

Pronoun

او (ō)

1. he

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Kalami

Etymology

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

Noun

اُو (ū)

1. water

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Kermanic

Noun

او (ōū, ō)

1. (Soi) water

References

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

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Lari

Noun

او (ow)

1. water

References

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

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Mazanderani

Noun

او (ow, o)

1. water

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

او • (ev)

1. house

Declension

declension of او

	singular (مفرد‎)	plural (جمع‎)
nominative	او‎ (ev)	اولر‎ (evler)
genitive	اوڭ‎ (eviñ)	اولرڭ‎ (evleriñ)
dative	اوه‎ (eve)	اولره‎ (evlere)
definite accusative	اوی‎ (evi)	اولری‎ (evleri)
locative	اوده‎ (evde)	اولرده‎ (evlerde)
ablative	اودن‎ (evden)	اولردن‎ (evlerden)

Synonyms

• خانه‎ (hane)

Descendants

• Turkish: ev

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic o-l (“that”).

Pronoun

او • (o)

1. he, she, (singular) they
2. it
3. (demonstrative) that (distant)

Declension

declension of او

	singular (مفرد‎)	plural (جمع‎)
nominative	او‎ (o)	اونلر‎ (onlar)
genitive	اونڭ‎ (onuñ)	اونلرڭ‎ (onlarıñ)
dative	اوڭا‎ (oña)	اونلره‎ (onlara)
definite accusative	اونی‎ (onu)	اونلری‎ (onları)
locative	اونده‎ (onda)	اونلرده‎ (onlarda)
ablative	اوندن‎ (ondan)	اونلردن‎ (onlardan)

Descendants

• Turkish: o

See also

• بو‎ (bu)
• شو‎ (şu)

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw/

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Conjunction

او • (aw)

1. and

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Persian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• اوی‎ (uy) (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔoː/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔuː/

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Pronoun

Dari Persian	او
Iranian Persian	او
Tajiki Persian	ӯ (ü)

او • (u)

1. she, he
2. they (meaning the third-person singular, of unknown or irrelevant gender)

Usage notes

• Colloquially, contracted to اونو (uno) when used with the direct-object particle را‎ (râ).
• Only used for animate referents, that is, "he" and "she", not "it".

Synonyms

• وی‎ (vay, vey)

Derived terms

• همو‎ (hamu)

Etymology 2

Noun

او • (ow)

1. (dialectal, Various Locations) water
2. (dialectal, Various Locations) liquid
3. (dialectal, Various Locations) juice

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Talysh

Alternative forms

• آو‎ (âv)

Noun

او (ov)

1. water

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Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit.

Adverb

او • (iva)  Hindi spelling: इव (iv)

1. thus
2. as
3. almost

Preposition

او • (iva) (Hindi spelling इव‎)

1. as
2. like

Etymology 2

From Persian او‎ (u)

Pronoun

او • (o) (Hindi spelling ओ)

1. he, she, (singular) they
2. it
3. that