آلو

See also: ـآلو, ـالو, ألو, and الو

Arabic

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
French allôbor.
Arabic آلو

    Borrowed from French allô.

    Interjection

    آلُو • (ʔālo)

    1. hello (when answering the telephone)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    آلو (form I)

    1. آلُو (ʔālū) /ʔaː.luː/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَلَا (ʔalā)
    2. آلُوَ (ʔāluwa) /ʔaː.lu.wa/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَلَا (ʔalā)

    Gawar-Bati

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Urdu آلو (ālo).

    Noun

    آلو (ālū)

    1. potato

    Khalaj

    Noun

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

    1. Arabic spelling of âlu (“plum”)

    Declension

    Declension of آلو
    singular plural
    nominative آلو آلولار
    genitive آلوݧ آلولارؽݧ
    dative آلوقا آلولارقا
    definite accusative آلوݧ آلولارؽ
    locative آلوچا آلولارچا
    ablative آلودا آلولاردا
    instrumental آلولا آلولارلا
    equative آلوواره آلولارواره

    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

    Borrowed from Classical Persian آلو (ālū).

    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

    Etymology 1

    From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwk' /⁠ālūg⁠/, “plum, prune”), Northern Luri ںاڵی (ałi). Ultimately a Wanderwort of unknown origin. Compare Proto-Turkic *erük (“plum, apricot”, whence Turkish erik (“plum”)), Nepali आरु (āru, “plum”), Ashkun arú (“plum”).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? ālū
    Dari reading? ālū
    Iranian reading? âlu
    Tajik reading? olu
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Noun

    Dari آلو
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik олу

    آلو • (âlu)

    1. plum, prune
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • → Azerbaijani: alı
    • → Khalaj: âlu
    • → Ottoman Turkish: آلو (âlû)
    • → Northern Luri: ںاڵی (ałi)

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Hindi आलु (ālu), from Sanskrit आलु (ālu). Doublet of Dari کچالو (kačālū).

    Noun

    آلو • (âlu)

    1. (dialectal, Kazerun) potato

    References

    1. ^ Rio dal Martello et al. (2023), “The Domestication and Dispersal of Large-Fruiting Prunus spp.: A Metadata Analysis of Archaeobotanical Material”, in Agronomy, volume 13, number 4, →DOI

    Urdu

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit आलुक (āluka)
    Urdu آلو

      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

      آلُو • (ālū) m (Hindi spelling आलू or आलु)

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

      Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Classical Persian آلُو (ālū).

      Noun

      آلُو • (ālū) m (Hindi spelling आलू)

      1. plum, prune

      Ushojo

      Verb

      آلو (ālū)

      1. came
      2. return
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