رو

رو (plural رو-رو or رو۲, informal 1st possessive روکو, 2nd possessive رومو, 3rd possessive روڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of ru‎

رو • (rav) f

1. soul, spirit

• “رو”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.

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Readings
Classical reading?	raw
Dari reading?	raw
Iranian reading?	row
Tajik reading?	rav

رو • (rav)

1. sigh, groan

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Readings
Classical reading?	raw
Dari reading?	raw
Iranian reading?	row
Tajik reading?	rav

رو • (rav)

1. inflection of رفتن (raftan, “to go”):
   1. present stem
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. present participle

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Readings
Classical reading?	rō, rū
Dari reading?	rō, rū
Iranian reading?	ru
Tajik reading?	rü, ru

رو • (ru)

1. Alternative form of روی (ruy, “face”)

رو • (ru)

1. (with ezafe) Alternative form of روی (ru-ye, “on, above”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Readings
Classical reading?	rō
Dari reading?	rō
Iranian reading?	ru
Tajik reading?	rü

رو • (rô)

1. Alternative form of روی (rôy, “zinc”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Readings
Iranian reading?	ro

رو • (ro)

1. (colloquial, Iran) Colloquial Iranian form of را (râ)

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “رو”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, 197/mode/1up pages 195, 197
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “رو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “رو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Inherited from Sanskrit रय (raya).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɾɔː/
• Rhymes: -ɔː

رَو • (rau) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੌ)

1. current, stream; flow
2. wave
3. ravine
4. dry river-bed
5. concentration; attention
6. crowd; mob; horde

Declension of رو
dir. sg.	رَو (rau)
dir. pl.	رَواں
	singular	plural
direct	رَو (rau)	رَواں
oblique	رَو (rau)	رَواں
vocative	رَوے (raue)	رَوو (rauv)
ablative	رَووں (rauvṉ)	رَواں
locative	رَوی (rauy)	رَوِیں (rauiīṉ)
instrumental	رَوِیں (rauiīṉ)	رَوے (raue)

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɾoː/

رو • (ro)

1. inflection of روݨا (roṇā, “to cry”):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular familiar imperative

• “رو”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “رَو”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz