خو

See also: جو and چو

Bakhtiari

Etymology 1

Compare Persian خواهر

Noun

خو (xow)

1. sister

Etymology 2

Compare Persian خواب

Noun

خو (xow)

1. sleep

Etymology 3

Compare Persian خود

Noun

خو (xo)

1. self

Etymology 4

Compare Persian خوب and Gulf Arabic below.

Interjection

خو (xo)

1. well!

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Persian خو (xo), form of خب (xob).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χoː/

Interjection

خو • (ḵō)

1. Used to indicate that something is clearly evident, obvious, and/or common-sense; duh; obviously; clearly.

   - ليش ما قتلي ان لازم البس دشداشة حق العرس
   - ما يحتاج اقول خو!

   - Why haven't you told me that I need to wear a dishdasha for the wedding
   - I don't need to say duh!

Mazanderani

Noun

خو (xô)

1. sleep

Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuː/

Noun

خو • (ḵū) m

1. construct state of أخ (ʔaḵḵ)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwk' /⁠xōg⁠/). Compare Old Armenian խոկ (xok).

Alternative forms

• خوی (xuy) (literary)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xuː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xuː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xuː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xuː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xuː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χu]

Readings
Classical reading?	xū
Dari reading?	xū
Iranian reading?	xu
Tajik reading?	xu

Noun

خو • (xu)

1. temper, disposition
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 810:

     من ندیدم در جهان جست و جو
     هیچ اهلیت به از خوی نکو

     man na-dīdam dar jahān-i just-u-jū
     hēč ahliyat ba az xū-i nikū

     I have not seen in the world of search and seeking (trial and probation)
     any worthiness better than a good disposition.

Descendants

• → Armenian: խույ (xuy), խոյ (xoy), խու (xu)
• → Azerbaijani: xuy
• → Ottoman Turkish: خوی (huy)
  • Turkish: huy
  • → Laz: ხუჲი (xuyi), ხუი (xui) — alternative spelling
• → Udi: хуй (χuj)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xo]

Readings
Dari reading?	xu
Iranian reading?	xo

Pronoun

خو • (xo) (colloquial, various regions)

1. Colloquial form of خود (“self, one's own”)

   مو عامو امرو پسین عکسشه دیدُم خوش و نومزادش سی خوشون تو چمنا بیدن.

   Mo âmu emru/omru pasin akseše didom xoš o numzâdeš si xošun tu čamanâ biden. (dialectal, Bushehr)

   (Uncle!) This afternoon, I saw their photo; Himself and his fiancée were (sitting) on the lawn (for themselves).

Noun

خو • (xo)

1. Colloquial form of خود (“self, one's own”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xäw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xäw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xow], [xæv]

Readings
Dari reading?	xaw
Iranian reading?	xow, xav

Noun

خو • (xow) (chiefly Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, Kabuli and Hazaragi)

1. Colloquial form of خواب (xâb, “dream, sleep”)

Adjective

خو • (xow) (chiefly Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, Kabuli and Hazaragi)

1. Colloquial form of خواب (xâb, “asleep”)

Etymology 4

Probably a clipping of خوب (xūb)

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xoː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xoː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xoː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xʊː]

Readings
Dari reading?	xō

Interjection

خو • (xō)

1. (chiefly Dari) okay, OK

Southwestern Fars

Noun

خو (xow)

1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv) dream
2. (Masarm, Deh Sarv) sleep

Ushojo

Conjunction

خو (xō)

1. but