الو

See also: آلو and ألو

Bulgar

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *elig.

Noun

الُو (elüw)

  1. hand
Derived terms
  • الُوي بَڔَكاتلُ (elüwi berekētlü, benefactor)
Descendants
  • Chuvash: алӑ (ală)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 190-191

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ellig.

Alternative forms

Noun

الُو (ellüw)

  1. fifty
Descendants

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 94, 198

Burushaski

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu آلُو (ālū).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aːluː]

Noun

الو (aaluu)

  1. potato

References

  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “aaluu”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017:(in Latin script).

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, *laqəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alu/
  • Rhymes: -alu, -lu, -u

Noun

الو (Rumi spelling alu)

  1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)

Pashto

Noun

الو • (alu)

  1. plum
  2. potato

Persian

Alternative forms

  • آلاوه (âlâve) (archaic)
  • آلاو (âlâv) (archaic)
  • الاو (alâv) (archaic)

Etymology 1

A Turkic borrowing,[1] compare Azerbaijani alov, Turkish alev, Kazakh алау (alau).

Noun

Dari الو
Iranian Persian
Tajik алов

الو • (alow)

  1. (dialectal) flame, blaze

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alev”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

From French allô.

Interjection

الو • (alo)

  1. hello (when answering the telephone)

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit उलूक (ulūka).

Noun

اُلو • (ullū) m (Hindi spelling उल्लू)

  1. owl
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