# او
## Alviri-Vidari
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ov/

### Noun

او (ov)
* (Vidari) water

#### Synonyms

* اكا (oka) (Alviri)

### References

* Yarshater, The Dialects of Alvīr and Vīdar

## Azerbaijani
### Pronoun

او (o)
* Arabic spelling of o (“he, she, it”)

## Bakhtiari
### Noun

او (aw)
* water

### References

* The Phonology of the Bakhtiari, Badakhshani, and Madaglashti Dialects of Modern Persian (1922)

## Brahui
### Pronoun

او (ō)
* he

## Chagatai
### Alternative forms

* اول (ul)

### Pronoun

او (u)
* he, she, it

#### Declension
## Kalami
### Etymology

From Sanskrit उदक (udaka), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognate with Indus Kohistani وی (vī́).

### Noun

اُو (ū)
* water

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /waːwuk/
* (phoneme): IPA: /oː/

### Letter

او • (ō)
* a vowel of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

The vowel او in its initial form is او , middle form و and final form و

#### See also

* Previous vowel: اۆ (o)
* Next vowel : اۄ (ọ)

## Kermanic
### Noun

او (ōū, ō)
* (Soi) water

### References

* Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

## Khalaj
### Pronoun

اوْ (ô) (definite accusative اوُنؽ, plural اوُللار)
* Arabic spelling of ô (“he, she, it”)

#### See also
## Larestani
### Noun

او (ow)
* water

### References

* Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

## Malay
### Interjection

او
* Jawi spelling of au‎.

## Mazanderani
### Noun

او (ow, o)
* water

## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *eb.

### Noun

اَوْ (ev)
* house, home

#### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: ev
* Gagauz: ev
* Ottoman Turkish: أو (ev)
** Turkish: ev

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اَوْ (ev), from Proto-Turkic *eb (“dwelling place, house”).

#### Noun

أو • (ev)
* house

##### Synonyms

* خانه (hane)

##### Descendants

* Gagauz: ev
* Turkish: ev
* → Crimean Tatar: ev

### Etymology 2

The older اول (ol) reduced to this form in ordinary speech.

#### Pronoun

او • (o)
* (late Ottoman) Alternative form of اول (ol, “he, she, it”)

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aw/
* Audio:(file)

### Conjunction

او • (aw)
* and

## Persian
### Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (OLE), 𐭥𐭫𐭤 (ʿlh), 𐫀𐫇𐫏 (ʾwy /⁠ōy⁠/, “he; she; that”).

#### Alternative forms

* اورا (urâ, ôrâ) (as grammatical object)
* اوی (uy) (archaic)

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔoː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔoː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔoː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔuː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔu]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔuː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔɵ]
* Homophone: آن (colloquial Dari)
* Audio (Iran):(file)

#### Pronoun

| Dari | او |
| Iranian Persian | او |
| Tajik | ӯ |
او • (u)
* she, he, they (meaning the third-person singular, of unknown or irrelevant gender, but animate)
    Synonym: (colloquial) اون
    «او کُجَاسْت؟» «مَن نَمی‌دَانَم، اَمَّا مَن اورَا پیشْتَر دِیدَم»“ō kujāst?” “man namē-dānam, ammā man ōrā pēštar dīdam”"where is he?" "I don't know, but I saw him earlier"(Dari, more formal)
* (Hazaragi, Kabuli) colloquial form of آن (ân, “it”)

##### Usage notes

* In many colloquial varieties or Persian, the terms آن (that, it) and او (he, she, they) have merged. In Iran this is typically realized as اون (un), in Afghanistan this is typically realized as اُو (ū).
** In both Iran and Afghanistan the plural of these terms has similarly combined in colloquial speech, which is typically realized as اونا in both regions.
* When the pronoun is acting as a grammatical object, it is combined with the direct-object particle را (râ) as او را (u râ, ô râ) or contracted into a single word as اورا (urâ, ôrâ)
* (Iran, colloquial) contracted to اونو (uno) when used with the direct-object particle را (râ).

##### Synonyms

* وی (vay, vey)

##### Derived terms

* همو (hamu)

##### See also
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Dari, various regions) IPA: /aw/
* (Iran, various regions) IPA: /ow/

#### Noun

او • (aw or ow)
* Colloquial form of آب (âb, “water; liquid; juice”) in various regions.

### Further reading

* Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “او”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 41

## Saraiki
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oː/

### Pronoun

او (ō) (Devanagari ओ)
* (distal) third-person subjective personal pronoun: he, she, it, they
* distal demonstrative pronoun: that, those

## Talysh
### Alternative forms

* آو (âv)

### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.

### Noun

او (ov)
* water

## Urdu
### Etymology 1

From Classical Persian او (ō).

#### Pronoun

او • (o) (Hindi spelling ओ)
* he, she
* third-person singular subjective personal pronoun of unspecified gender: they
* that
* it

##### Synonyms

* وہ (vo)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit इव (iva).

#### Adverb

اِو • (iv) (Hindi spelling इव)
* thus
* as
* almost

#### Preposition

اِو • (iv) (Hindi spelling इव)
* as
* like

## Ushojo
### Interjection

او (ō)
* oh
* hey