خو
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Bakhtiari[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
خو (xow)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
خو (xow)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
خو (xo)
Etymology 4[edit]
Compare Persian خوب and Gulf Arabic below.
Interjection[edit]
خو (xo)
- well!
Gulf Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Persian خو (xo), form of خب (xob).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
خو • (ḵō)
- Used to indicate that something is clearly evident, obvious, and/or common-sense; duh; obviously; clearly.
- - ليش ما قتلي ان لازم البس دشداشة حق العرس
- ما يحتاج اقول خو!- - Why haven't you told me that I need to wear a dishdasha for the wedding
- I don't need to say duh!
- - Why haven't you told me that I need to wear a dishdasha for the wedding
Mazanderani[edit]
Noun[edit]
خو (xô)
Moroccan Arabic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
خو • (ḵū) m
- construct state of أخ (ʔaḵḵ)
Persian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- خوی (xuy) (literary)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Persian hwk' (xōg).
Noun[edit]
خو • (xu)
Descendants[edit]
- → Armenian: խույ (xuy), խոյ (xoy), խու (xu)
- → Azerbaijani: xuy
- → Ottoman Turkish: خوی (huy)
- → Udi: хуй (χuj)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Persian [script needed] (huva), from Proto-Iranian *hwabya-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swe (“reflexive pronoun”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé.[1] (compare Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬙𐬀 (xᵛaδata)).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /xo/
Pronoun[edit]
خو • (xo)
- (dialectal, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, reflexive) oneself
- (dialectal, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, emphatic) one's own
- مو عامو امرو پسین عکسشه دیدُم خوش و نومزادش سی خوشون تو چمنا بیدن.
- Mo âmu emru/omru pasin akseše didom xoš o numzâdeš si xošun tu čamanâ biden. (dialectal, Bushehr)
- (Uncle!) This afternoon, I saw their photo; Himself and his fiancée were (sitting) on the lawn (for themselves).
- Mo âmu emru/omru pasin akseše didom xoš o numzâdeš si xošun tu čamanâ biden. (dialectal, Bushehr)
- مو عامو امرو پسین عکسشه دیدُم خوش و نومزادش سی خوشون تو چمنا بیدن.
Synonyms[edit]
- (reflexive, oneself): خویش (xwêš)
Noun[edit]
خو • (xo)
- (dialectal, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) self
Usage notes[edit]
- When used as a noun, خو (xo) is often followed by a personal pronoun suffix, e.g. خوم (xom, “my self”), خوت (xot, “your self”), etc.
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny 992
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xow], [xæv]
Readings | |
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Dari reading? | xaw |
Iranian reading? | xow, xav |
Noun[edit]
خو • (xow) (chiefly Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, Kabul and Hazaragi)
- Pronunciation spelling of خواب (xâb, “dream, sleep”), representing colloquial and dialectal Persian.
Adjective[edit]
خو • (xow) (chiefly Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, Kabul and Hazaragi)
- Pronunciation spelling of خواب (xâb, “asleep”), representing colloquial and dialectal Persian.
Etymology 4[edit]
Probably a clipping of خوب (xūb)
Pronunciation[edit]
Readings | |
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Dari reading? | xō |
Interjection[edit]
خو • (xō)
Southwestern Fars[edit]
Noun[edit]
خو (xow)
Ushojo[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
خو (xō)
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