اوه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
اوه • (ova)
- alternative spelling of اوا (ova, “lowland”)
- 17th Century, محمد بن مصطفی الغورانی [Muhammed bin Mustafa el-Gurani], translated by Meryem Arslan, كتاب ترجمهٴ تذكرهٴ داود فی علم الطب [Kitāb-ı Tercüme-i Teẕkire-i Dāvūd Fī 'İlm-i'ṭ-Ṭıbb], Ankara: Turkish Language Association, published 2019, →ISBN, page 203:
- جِیدَارْ بِرْ تُویْلُو اُوتْدِرْ عَجَمْ اُوَهلَرِنْدَه وَ هِنْد اَطْرَافِنْدَه اُولُورْ
- cīdār bir tüylü otdır 'acem ovalarında ve hind etrafında olur.
- cīdār: A fuzzy herb. It grows in the Persian lowlands and around India.
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
اوه • (uh)
- oh; an exclamation of surprise.
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اوه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 272
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈʔoːh/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔoːʱ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔuːʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɵʰ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ōh |
| Dari reading? | ōh |
| Iranian reading? | uh |
| Tajik reading? | üh |
Interjection
اوه • (uh)