خو

Compare Persian خواهر

خو (xow)

1. sister

Compare Persian خواب

خو (xow)

1. sleep

Compare Persian خود

خو (xo)

1. self

Compare Persian خوب and Gulf Arabic below.

خو (xo)

1. well!

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

• IPA^(key): /χoː/

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!

خو (xô)

1. sleep

• IPA^(key): /xuː/

خو • (ḵū) m

1. construct state of أخ (ʔaḵḵ)

• خوی (xuy) (literary)

From Middle Persian hwk' (xōg).

خو • (xu)

1. temper, disposition

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

From Old Persian [script needed] (huva), from Proto-Iranian *hwabya-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swe (“reflexive pronoun”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé.[1] (compare Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬙𐬀 (xᵛaδata)).

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /xo/

خو • (xo)

1. (dialectal, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, reflexive) oneself
2. (dialectal, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, emphatic) 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).

• (reflexive, oneself): خویش (xwêš)

خو • (xo)

1. (dialectal, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) self

• When used as a noun, خو (xo) is often followed by a personal pronoun suffix, e.g. خوم (xom, “my self”), خوت (xot, “your self”), etc.

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

1. Pronunciation spelling of خواب (xâb, “dream, sleep”), representing colloquial and dialectal Persian.

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

1. Pronunciation spelling of خواب (xâb, “asleep”), representing colloquial and dialectal Persian.

Probably a clipping of خوب (xūb)

خو • (xō)

1. (chiefly Dari) okay, OK

خو (xow)

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

خو (xō)

1. but