بو

See also: تو‎, پو‎, and Appendix:Variations of "bu"

Omani Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَبُو‎ (ʾabū).

Conjunction

بو (bū)

  1. 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

Ottoman Turkish

Pronoun

بو • (bu)

  1. (demonstrative) this

Declension
declension of بو
singular (مفرد‎) plural (جمع‎)
nominative بو (bu) بونلر‎ (bunlar)
genitive بونڭ‎ (bunuñ) بونلرڭ‎ (bunlarıñ)
dative بوڭا‎ (buña) بونلره‎ (bunlara)
definite accusative بونی‎ (bunı) بونلری‎ (bunları)
locative بونده‎ (bunda) بونلرده‎ (bunlarda)
ablative بوندن‎ (bundan) بونلردن‎ (bunlardan)

Descendants
  • Turkish: bu

See also

Noun

بو • (bö)

  1. Alternative form of بوی‎ (böy)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *bawd- (“to smell”), akin to Old Armenian բոյր (boyr), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun
Dari بو
Iranian Persian
Tajik бӯ (bü)

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
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Inflection
    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

Noun

بو • (bow)

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

Southeast Pashayi

Etymology

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

Noun

بو (bõ)

  1. mosquito

Further reading
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