آلو

See also: ألو‎ and الو‎

Arabic

Interjection

آلُو • (ʔālū)

  1. hello (when answering the telephone)

Verb

آلُو • (ʔālū) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَلَا‎ (ʔalā)

Verb

آلُوَ • (ʔāluwa) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَلَا‎ (ʔalā)

Khalaj

Noun

آلو (alu) (definite accusative آلونوُ‎, plural آلولار‎)

  1. Arabic spelling of alu (“plum”)

Declension
Declension of آلو
singular plural
nominative آلو آلولار‎
genitive آلوین‎ آلولارؽین‎
dative آلوقا‎ آلولارقا‎
definite accusative آلونوُ‎ آلولارؽ‎
locative آلوچا‎ آلولارچا‎
ablative آلودا‎ آلولاردا‎
instrumental آلولا‎ آلولارلا‎
equative آلووارا‎ آلولاروارا‎
quantitative آلوقَدَر‎ آلولارقَدَر‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

A derivation from Proto-Turkic *yal- (“flame”).[1][2]

Alternative forms

Noun

آلو • (alev)

  1. flame
    Synonym: یالین‎ (yalın)
Descendants
  • Turkish: alev

Etymology 2

From Persian آلو‎ (âlu).

Noun

آلو • (alu)

  1. plum
    Synonym: ارك‎ (erük)
  • زردآلو‎ (zerdalu, “apricot”, literally “yellow plum”)

Further reading

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*yal-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “alev”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwk' /ālūg/, “plum, prune”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

آلو • (âlu)

  1. plum, prune
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: alı
  • → Khalaj: alu
  • → Ottoman Turkish: آلو‎ (âlû)

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHlu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHlu (“edible root”). Cognate with Latin alium (“onion, garlic”) and Sanskrit आलु (ālu).

Noun

آلو • (âlu)

  1. (dialectal, Kazerun) potato

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀮𑀼𑀕 (āluga), from Sanskrit आलुक (āluka, “elephant foot yam”). The word began to be used in the sense "potato" after the importation of potatoes to South Asia from the Americas by Europeans, displacing cultivation of the similar elephant foot yam.

Noun

آلو or آلو • (ālu, ālū or ālu) m (Hindi spelling आलू or आलु)

  1. potato
Declension
Declension of آلو
singular plural
direct آلو‎ (ālū) آلو‎ (ālū)
oblique آلو‎ (ālū) آلووں‎ (ālūō̃)
vocative آلو‎ (ālū) آلوو‎ (ālūō)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian آلو‎ (âlu).

Noun

آلو • (ālū) m (Hindi spelling आलू)

  1. plum, prune

Ushojo

Verb

آلو (ālū)

  1. came
  2. return
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