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From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.
او (ov)
- (Vidari) water
- اكا (oka) (Alviri)
- Yarshater, The Dialects of Alvīr and Vīdar
او (o)
- Arabic spelling of o (“he, she, it”)
او (aw)
- The Phonology of the Bakhtiari, Badakhshani, and Madaglashti Dialects of Modern Persian (1922)
او (ō)
- اول (ul)
او (u)
Declension of Chagatai personal pronouns
singular | plural | |||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
familiar | polite | |||||||
nominative | من (män) |
سن (sän) |
سیز (siz) |
اول, او (ul, u) |
بیز (biz) |
سیزلار (sizlär) |
اولار, الار (ular, alar) | |
genitive | منينک (meniñ) |
سنينک (seniñ) |
سیزنينک (sizniñ) |
اونينک, انينک (uniñ, aniñ) |
بیزنينک (bizniñ) |
سیزلارنينک (sizlärniñ) |
اولارنينک (ularniñ) | |
dative | منکا, مانکا (maña) |
سنکا, سانکا (saña) |
سیزکە (sizgä) |
اولارغە انکا (ularğa aña) |
بیزکا (bizgä) |
سیزلارکا (sizlärgä) |
اولارغە (ularğa) | |
accusative | منی (meni) |
سنی (seni) |
سیزنی (sizni) |
انی (ani) |
بیزنی (bizni) |
سیزلارنی (sizlärni) |
اولارنی (ularni) | |
locative | مندە (mändä) |
سندە (sändä) |
سیزدە (sizdä) |
اونينکدە, اندا, انينکدە (uniñda, anda, aniñda) |
بیزدە (bizdä) |
سیزلاردە (sizlärdä) |
اولاردە (ularda) | |
ablative | مندين (mändin) |
سندين (sändin) |
سیزدين (sizdin) |
اونينکدين, اندين, انينکدين (uniñdin, andin, aniñdin) |
بیزدين (bizdin) |
سیزلاردين (sizlärdin) |
اولاردين (ulardin) |
From Sanskrit उदक (udaka), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognate with Indus Kohistani وی (vī́).
اُو (ū)
او • (ō)
The vowel او in its initial form is او , middle form و and final form و
او (ōū, ō)
- (Soi) water
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura
اوْ (ô) (definite accusative اوُنؽ, plural اوُللار)
Declension of Khalaj personal pronouns
او (ow)
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura
او (ow, o)
From Proto-Turkic *eb (“dwelling place, house”).
أو • (ev)
- خانه (hane)
The older اول (ol) reduced to this form in ordinary speech.
او • (o)
- (late Ottoman) Alternative form of اول (ol, “he, she, it”)
او • (aw)
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (OLE), 𐭥𐭫𐭤 (ʿlh), 𐫀𐫇𐫏 (ʾwy /ōy/, “he; she; that”).
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔoː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔuː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɵ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ō |
Dari reading? | ō |
Iranian reading? | u |
Tajik reading? | ü |
Dari | او |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ӯ |
او • (u)
- she, he, they (meaning the third-person singular, of unknown or irrelevant gender, but animate)
- Synonym: (colloquial) اون
«او کُجَاسْت؟» «مَن نَمیدَانَم، اَمَّا مَن اورَا پیشْتَر دِیدَم»
- “ō kujāst?” “man namē-dānam, ammā man ōrā pēštar dīdam”
- "where is he?" "I don't know, but I saw him earlier"
- (Hazaragi, Kabuli) colloquial form of آن (ân, “it”)
- In many colloquial varieties or Persian, the terms آن (that, it) and او (he, she, they) have merged. In Iran this is typically realized as اون (un), in Afghanistan this is typically realized as اُو (ū).
- In both Iran and Afghanistan the plural of these terms has similarly combined in colloquial speech, which is typically realized as اونا in both regions.
- When the pronoun is acting as a grammatical object, it is combined with the direct-object particle را (râ) as او را (u râ, ô râ) or contracted into a single word as اورا (urâ, ôrâ)
- (Iran, colloquial) contracted to اونو (uno) when used with the direct-object particle را (râ).
- وی (vay, vey)
- همو (hamu)
singular | plural | ||
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1st person | مَن (man) | ما (mâ) | |
2nd person | familiar | تو (to) | شُما (šomâ) |
polite | شُما (šomâ) | ||
3rd person | general | او (u) اون (on)* |
آنها (ân-hâ), آنان (ânân) اونا (onâ)* |
formal | وِی (vey) | ایشان (išân) | |
polite | ایشان (išân) | ||
* colloquial pronunciations |
او • (aw or ow)
- Colloquial form of آب (âb, “water; liquid; juice”) in various regions.
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او (ō) (Devanagari ओ)
- آو (âv)
From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.
او (ov)
From Classical Persian او (ō).
- he, she
- third-person singular subjective personal pronoun of unspecified gender: they
- that
- it
- وہ (vo)
Borrowed from Sanskrit इव (iva).
او (ō)