वो

See also: वृ, वे, व, वा, वि, वि-, -वां, and -व

Hindi

Etymology

Most likely from Old Hindi उहु (uhu), उहुं (uhuṃ), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa ओहु (ohu), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀳𑁄 (aho), from Sanskrit असौ (asáu, “that”). The inflected forms are formed by analogy with its proximal counterpart यह (ya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋoː/

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Pronoun

वो • (vo) (Urdu spelling وہ) (demonstrative)

1. that

   वो आदमी अच्छा है। ― vo ādmī acchā hai. ― That man is nice.वो औरत अच्छी है। ― vo aurat acchī hai. ― That woman is nice.

2. those

   वो लोग कौन हैं? ― vo log kaun ha͠i? ― Who are those people?

3. he, she, it

   वो कल दिल्ली जायेगा। ― vo kal dillī jāyegā. ― He will go to Delhi tomorrow.

   वो कल दिल्ली जायेगी। ― vo kal dillī jāyegī. ― She will go to Delhi tomorrow.

   वो मुझसे टूट गया। ― vo mujhse ṭūṭ gayā. ― I broke it by mistake.

4. they

   वो लोग कब आयेंगे? ― vo log kab āyeṅge? ― When will they come?

Usage notes

वो (vo) is the colloquial distal demonstrative pronoun. It is grammatically both singular and plural and it can be used with both the third person singular and third person plural conjugations. In colloquial speech and writing, it replaces both the singular distal demonstrative pronoun वह (vah) and the plural and formal distal demonstrative pronoun वे (ve).

See also

• वह (vah) (literary or formal distal demonstrative pronoun, grammatically singular)
• वे (ve) (literary or formal distal demonstrative pronoun, grammatically plural)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vo (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• ৰো (Bengali script)
• වො (Sinhalese script)
• ဝေါ or ဝေႃ (Burmese script)
• โว (Thai script)
• ᩅᩮᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂວ (Lao script)
• វោ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄮 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

वो (vo)

1. Devanagari script form of vo, which is accusative/instrumental/genitive/dative plural of त्वं (tvaṃ, “you”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱো (Assamese script)
• ᬯᭀ (Balinese script)
• বো (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰺 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• ဝေါ (Burmese script)
• વો (Gujarati script)
• ਵੋ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍋 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦺꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂷 (Kaithi script)
• ವೋ (Kannada script)
• វោ (Khmer script)
• ໂວ (Lao script)
• വോ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠣ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘻 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠣᠸᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧜 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑑀 (Newa script)
• ଵୋ (Odia script)
• ꢮꣂ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆾 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖺 (Siddham script)
• වො (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩕 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚴 (Takri script)
• வோ (Tamil script)
• వో (Telugu script)
• โว (Thai script)
• ཝོ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒼 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨆 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐw/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋoː/

Pronoun

वो • (vo)

1. sandhi form of accusative/dative/genitive plural of त्वम् (tvám, “you”)