# خو
## Bakhtiari
### Etymology 1

Compare Persian خواهر

#### Noun

خو (xow)
* sister

### Etymology 2

Compare Persian خواب

#### Noun

خو (xow)
* sleep

### Etymology 3

Compare Persian خود

#### Noun

خو (xo)
* self

### Etymology 4

Compare Persian خوب and Gulf Arabic below.

#### Interjection

خو (xo)
* well!

## Gulf Arabic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /χoː/

### Interjection

خو • (ḵō)
* 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)
* sleep

## Moroccan Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xuː/

### Noun

خو • (ḵū) m
* 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: [xuː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xuː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xuː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [xuː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [xu]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [xuː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [χu]

#### Noun

خو • (xu)
* 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 نکوman na-dīdam dar jahān-i just-u-jū hēč ahliyat ba az xū-i nikūI 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 (ꭓuj)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xʊ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xʊ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [xʊ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [xu]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [xo]

#### Pronoun

خو • (xo) (colloquial, various regions)
* 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)
* Colloquial form of خود (“self, one's own”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xäw]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xäw]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [xäw]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [xäw]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [xow], [xæv]

#### Noun

خو • (xow) (chiefly Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, Kabuli and Hazaragi)
* Colloquial form of خواب (xâb, “dream, sleep”)

#### Adjective

خو • (xow) (chiefly Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, Kabuli and Hazaragi)
* Colloquial form of خواب (xâb, “asleep”)

### Etymology 4

Probably a clipping of خوب (xūb)

#### Pronunciation

* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xoː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xoː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [xoː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [xʊː]

#### Interjection

خو • (xō)
* (chiefly Dari) okay, OK

## Southwestern Fars
### Noun

خو (xow)
* (Masarm, Deh Sarv) dream
* (Masarm, Deh Sarv) sleep

## Ushojo
### Conjunction

خو (xō)
* but