سو

See also: سؤ‎ and شو‎

Arabic

Noun

سَوّ • (saww) m

1. Alternative form of سَوْء‎ (sawʾ, “badness, evil, corruption”)

Verb

سَوِّ • (sawwi) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of سَوَّى‎ (sawwā)

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Azerbaijani

Noun

سو (countable and uncountable)

1. water

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Bakhtiari

Etymology

Colloquial form of Arabic صبح‎, Persian صبح‎ (sobh).

Noun

سو (sow)

1. morning

   ‏سو زی بیدار ایبوم‎

   sow e zi bidar eybuom.

   I'll wake up early in the morning.

2. tomorrow

   ‏سو ایرم هونه‎

   sow eirom howne.

   I'll go home tomorrow.

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Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sub (“water”).

Noun

سو (su)

1. water

References

• András J. E. Bodrogligeti, A Grammar of Chagatay (2001) (su)

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Kipchak

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sub (“water”).

Noun

سو (su) (Mamluk-Kipchak)

1. water

References

• Munytu'l-Ghuzāt: a 14th-century Mamluk-Kipchak military treatise
• Vocabulaire arabe-kiptchak de l'époque de l'État mamelouk

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Mazanderani

Etymology 1

Compare Middle Persian swk' (sōg, “side, direction”), Persian سوی‎ (suy).

Noun

سو (so)

1. ethnicity
2. breed, type

Etymology 2

Compare Persian ساییدن‎ (sâyidan), سابیدن‎ (sâbidan), سودن‎ (sudan, “to rub, to grind, to sharpen”).

Noun

سو (so)

1. grinding

   ‏سو سنگ‎ ― so-e seng ― grinding stone

2. sharpening

Etymology 3

Related to سوسو‎ (winking, burning), and dialectal Persian سو‎ (bright, shimmer, view).

Noun

سو (su)

1. igniting

   ‏سو هاکردن‎ ― su hakerden ― to ignite

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian swk' (sōg, “side, direction”).

Noun

سو • (su)

1. Alternative form of سوی‎ (suy): direction, side

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian swk' (sōg, “burning, combustion”). Related to سوختن‎ (suxtan, “to burn”). Compare Mazanderani سو‎ (su), سوسو‎ (susu, “bright, illuminating”).

Noun

سو • (su)

1. (archaic) light, sight, ability to see
2. (Tehran) shimmer, glitter, sight
3. (Isfahan) glitter, sight
4. (Fars) sight, opinion
5. (Khorasan) sight, glitter, view

Etymology 3

Inherited from Middle Persian swk' (sōg, “profit, advantage”), or alternative form of سود‎ (sud).

Noun

سو • (su, so)

1. profit
2. advantage

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “swk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 75
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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Salar

Noun

سو (su)

1. water

References

• ABVD

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Sindhi

Etymology

From Sanskrit शत (śata).

Numeral

سو (sau)

1. hundred

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Urdu

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Sanskrit सह (saha).

Adverb

سو • (so) (Hindi spelling सो)

1. so, hence
2. therefore
3. consequently

References

• “سو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 388

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit शत (śata), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćatám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Compare also Persian صد‎ (sad).

Numeral

Urdu numbers ^(edit)

		1,000
←  90	←  99	١٠٠ 100	101  →	1,000  →
		10
Cardinal: سو, صد‎, سینکڑا‎     Ordinal: سوواں‎     Multiplier: سو گنا‎

سو • (sau) (Hindi spelling सौ)

1. hundred

Synonyms

• صد‎ (sad)
• سینکڑا‎ (saiṅkṛā)

References

• “سو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “sau”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2022.