FromProto-Turkic *bu ( “ this ” ) . Cognate withOld Turkic 𐰉𐰆 ( bu ,“ this ” ) ,Turkish bu ( “ this ” ) .
بو (bū )
this بو (bū )
this FromProto-Turkic *būg ( “ steam ” ) . Cognate withTurkish buğu ( “ steam ” ) .
بو (bū )
steam بوْ (bô ) (definite accusative موُنؽ plural بوُللار
Arabic spelling ofbô ( “ this ” ) FromSanskrit बहु ( bahu ) , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰn̥ǵʰús Kalasha bo
بو (bo )
much ,very Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2022 ) “بو ”, inA digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio [1] University of Chicago , archived fromthe original on2023-01-19 FromArabic أَبُو ( ʔabū ) .
بو (bū )
Arelativizer , used to introduce arelative clause after adeterminate noun Nöldeke, Theodor (1895 ) “Über einen arabischen Dialect”, inWiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes [2] pages10–11 Reinhardt, Carl (1894 )Ein arabischer Dialekt gesprochen in ʿOmān und Zanzibar, nach praktischen Gesichtspunkten für das Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin (Lehrbücher des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin; XIII)[3] →DOI pages284–285 FromProto-Turkic *bū ( “ this ” ) .
بو • (bu )
( demonstrative ) this Declension ofبو singular plural nominative بو ( bu ) بونلر ( bunlar ) genitive بونڭ ( bunuñ ) بونلرڭ ( bunlarıñ ) dative بوڭا ( buña ) بونلره ( bunlara ) definite accusative بونی ( bunı ) بونلری ( bunları ) locative بونده ( bunda ) بونلرده ( bunlarda ) ablative بوندن ( bundan ) بونلردن ( bunlardan )
بو • (bö )
alternative form ofبوی ( böy ) FromMiddle Persian [Term?] , fromProto-Iranian *bawd- ( “ to smell ” ) , which is perhaps a semantic specialization of Proto-Iranian*bawd- ( “ to feel, sense ” ) , the latter fromProto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- ( “ to be awake, perceive fully ” ) . Akin toOld Armenian բոյր ( boyr ) , an Iranian borrowing.
Readings Classical reading? bō, bū Dari reading? bō Iranian reading? bu Tajik reading? bü
Dari بو Iranian Persian Tajik бӯ
بو • (bu ) (plural بوها
smell ,scent آی گل ریحون چنینبویی نداره یار گلم ây gol-e reyhun čenin bu-yi nadâre yâr golom Ah, even the basil flower doesn't smell like this, my dear friend. Basic forms ofبو singular plural bare بو ( bú ) بوها، بوا△ ( bu-hấ, buấ△ ) definitive direct object بو را، بو رو△ ( bú râ, bú ro△ ) بوها را، بوا رو△ ( bu-hấ râ, buấ ro△ ) ezâfe بوی ( bú-ye ) بوهای، بوای△ ( bu-hấ-ye, buấ-ye△ ) marked indefinite بویی ( búi ) بوهایی، بوایی△ ( bu-hấ-i, buấ-i△ )
→ Bengali:বু ( bu ) → Urdu:بو ( bū ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium . Particularly: “Seems like a "papa"-type word.”)
بو • (bow )
( dialectal , Kazerun) father ,dad ,daddy ( dialectal , Kazerun) grandfather Cheung, Johnny (2007 )Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN 14-6 (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
بو (bõ )
mosquito FromClassical Persian بو ( bō ,“ smell, odor ” ) .
بو • (bū or bo ) ?
smell ,odor ,scent stink ,stench “بو اُردُو لُغَت ( urdū luġat ) 2017 Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971 ) “بو Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary , Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co. Platts, John T. (1884 ) “بو A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English , London: W. H. Allen & Co.“بو ریخْتَہ لُغَت ( rexta luġat ) - Rekhta Dictionary[ Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] 2025 
