بو
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆 (bu, “this”), Turkish bu (“this”).
Pronoun
بو (bū)
Related terms
- مُنْدا (mundā, “here”)
Determiner
بو (bū)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *būg (“steam”). Cognate with Turkish buğu (“steam”).
Noun
بو (bū)
Pronoun
بوْ (bô) (definite accusative موُنؽ, plural بوُللار)
Etymology
From Sanskrit बहु (bahu), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥ǵʰús. Cognate with Kalasha bo.
Adjective
بو (bo)
References
- Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2022) “بو”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio, second edition, Chicago, I.L.: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago, archived from the original on 2023-01-19.
Etymology
Conjunction
بو (bū)
- A relativizer, used to introduce a relative clause after a determinate noun
References
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1895) “Über einen arabischen Dialect”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 9, pages 10–11
- Reinhardt, Carl (1894) Ein arabischer Dialekt gesprochen in ʿOmān und Zanzibar, nach praktischen Gesichtspunkten für das Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin (Lehrbücher des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin; XIII) (in German), Stuttgart & Berlin: W. Spemann, pages 284–285
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Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”).
Pronoun
بو • (bu)
- (demonstrative) this
Declension
declension of بو
Descendants
- Turkish: bu
See also
Noun
بو • (bö)
- Alternative form of بوی (böy)
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Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *bawd- (“to smell”), which is perhaps a semantic specialization of Proto-Iranian *bawd- (“to feel, sense”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Akin to Old Armenian բոյր (boyr), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [boː], [buː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [buː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bɵ]
Noun
بو • (bu) (plural بوها (bu-hâ))
- smell, scent
- آی گل ریحون چنین بویی نداره یار گلم
- ây gol-e reyhun čenin bu-yi nadâre yâr golom
- Ah, even the basil flower doesn't smell like this, my dear friend.
Inflection
Alternative forms
- بوی (buy)
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Seems like a "papa"-type word.”)
Noun
بو • (bow)
References
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 14-6
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Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
بو (bõ)
Further reading
- Abd-El-Malek Lamuwal, Adam Baker (2013) “Southeastern Pashayi”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 43, Cambridge: International Phonetic Association, pages 243-246
Etymology
From Classical Persian بو (bō, “smell, odor”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /buː/, /boː/
Noun
بو • (bū or bo) ?
Hyponyms
References
- “بو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “بو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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