اولو

See also: أولو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ulug (“big, great”).

Adjective

اولو • (ulu)

1. great, big, large

Derived terms

• اولوجه (uluca)
• اولولق (ululuk)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: ulu

Etymology 2

Of Turkic origin. See Turkish ölü.

Adjective

اولو • (ölü)

1. dead

Derived terms

• اولوجی (ölücü)

Descendants

• Turkish: ölü

Etymology 3

او (ev) +‎ ـلو

Alternative forms

• اولی

Adjective

اولو • (evli)

1. married

Descendants

• Turkish: evli

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Arabic أُولُو (ʔulū).

Noun

اولو • (ülu, ulu) (Arabic oblique اولی)

1. plural of ذو (zu, “possessor of”)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اولو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 268

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُولُو (ʔulū).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.lúː]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔo.lúː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔu.lú]

Readings
Classical reading?	ulū
Dari reading?	ulū
Iranian reading?	olu
Tajik reading?	ulu

Noun

Dari	اولو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	улу

اولو • (olu, ulu) (Arabic oblique اولی)

1. plural of ذو (zu)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اولو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُولُو (ʔulū).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊ.luː/

Noun

اولو • (ulū) (Arabic oblique اولی)

1. plural of ذو (ẕū)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “اولو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.