بو

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Karakhanid

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *bu (this). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆 (bu, this), Turkish bu (this).

Pronoun

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بو ()

  1. this
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Determiner

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بو ()

  1. this

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *būg (steam). Cognate with Turkish buğu (steam).

Noun

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بو ()

  1. steam

Khalaj

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Pronoun

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بوْ () (definite accusative موُنؽ, plural بوُللار)

  1. Arabic spelling of (this)

Khowar

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit बहु (bahu), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥ǵʰús. Cognate with Kalasha bo.

Adjective

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بو (bo)

  1. much, very

References

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  • Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2022) “بو”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio[1], second edition, Chicago, I.L.: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago, archived from the original on 2023-01-19.

Omani Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū).

Conjunction

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بو ()

  1. A relativizer, used to introduce a relative clause after a determinate noun

References

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  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1895) “Über einen arabischen Dialect”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes[2] (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)‎[3] (in German), Stuttgart & Berlin: W. Spemann, pages 284–285

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bū (this).

Pronoun

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بو (bu)

  1. (demonstrative) this

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: bu

See also

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Noun

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بو ()

  1. Alternative form of بوی (böy)

Persian

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Etymology 1

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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

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Readings
Classical reading? bō, bū
Dari reading?
Iranian reading? bu
Tajik reading?

Noun

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Dari بو
Iranian Persian
Tajik бӯ

بو (bu) (plural بوها (bu-hâ))

  1. 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
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    Basic forms of بو (bu)
singular plural
bare بو
(bú)
بوها
(bu-hấ)
بوا
(buấ)
definitive direct object بو را
(bú râ)
بو رو
(bú ro)
بوها را
(bu-hấ râ)
بوا رو
(buấ ro)
ezâfe بوی
(bú-ye)
بوهای
(bu-hấ-ye)
بوای
(buấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
بویی
(búi)
بوهایی
(bu-hấ-i)
بوایی
(buấ-i)
Colloquial.
Alternative forms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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(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

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بو (bow)

  1. (dialectal, Kazerun) father, dad, daddy
  2. (dialectal, Kazerun) grandfather

References

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  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 14-6

Southeast Pashayi

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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بو ()

  1. mosquito

Further reading

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Urdu

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian بو (, smell, odor).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بو ( or bo?

  1. smell, odor, scent
  2. stink, stench

Hyponyms

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References

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  • 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.