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بو

See also: تو, پو, بۄ, بۇ, and Appendix:Variations of "bu"

Karakhanid

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆 (bu, “this”), Turkish bu (“this”).

Pronoun

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بو (bū)

  1. this
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Determiner

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بو (bū)

  1. this

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *būg (“steam”). Cognate with Turkish buğu (“steam”).

Noun

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بو (bū)

  1. steam

Khalaj

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Pronoun

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بوْ (bô) (definite accusative موُنؽ, plural بوُللار)

  1. Arabic spelling of bô (“this”)

Khowar

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit बहु (bahu), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥ǵʰús. Cognate with Kalasha bo.

Adjective

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بو (bo)

  1. much, very

References

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  • Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2022) “بو”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio‎[1], second edition, Chicago, I.L.: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago, archived from the original on 2023-01-19.

Omani Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū).

Conjunction

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بو (bū)

  1. A relativizer, used to introduce a relative clause after a determinate noun

References

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  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1895) “Über einen arabischen Dialect”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎[2] (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)‎[3] (in German), Stuttgart & Berlin: W. Spemann, pages 284–285

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”).

Pronoun

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بو • (bu)

  1. (demonstrative) this

Declension

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declension of بو
singular (مفرد) plural (جمع)
nominative بو (bu) بونلر (bunlar)
genitive بونڭ (bunuñ) بونلرڭ (bunlarıñ)
dative بوڭا (buña) بونلره (bunlara)
definite accusative بونی (bunı) بونلری (bunları)
locative بونده (bunda) بونلرده (bunlarda)
ablative بوندن (bundan) بونلردن (bunlardan)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: bu

See also

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Noun

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بو • (bö)

  1. Alternative form of بوی (böy)

Persian

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Etymology 1

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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

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Readings
Classical reading? bō, bū
Dari reading? bō
Iranian reading? bu
Tajik reading? bü

Noun

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Dari بو
Iranian Persian
Tajik бӯ

بو • (bu) (plural بوها (bu-hâ))

  1. smell, scent
    آی گل ریحون چنین بویی نداره یار گلم
    ây gol-e reyhun čenin bu-yi nadâre yâr golom
    Ah, even the basil flower doesn't smell like this, my dear friend.
Inflection
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    Basic forms of بو (bu)
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
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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(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

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بو • (bow)

  1. (dialectal, Kazerun) father, dad, daddy
  2. (dialectal, Kazerun) grandfather

References

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  • 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

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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.)

Noun

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بو (bõ)

  1. mosquito

Further reading

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Urdu

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian بو (bō, “smell, odor”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بو • (bū or bo) ?

  1. smell, odor, scent
  2. stink, stench

Hyponyms

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References

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  • “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.
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