वो

Most likely from Old Hindi उहु (uhu), उहुं (uhuṃ), from Apabhramsa ओहु (ohu), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀳𑁄 (aho), from Sanskrit असौ (asáu, “that”). The inflected forms are formed by analogy with its proximal counterpart यह (ya).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋoː/

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वो • (vo) (Urdu spelling وہ) (demonstrative)

1. that

   वो आदमी अच्छा है। ― vo ādmī acchā hai. ― That man is nice.वो औरत अच्छी है। ― vo aurat acchī hai. ― That woman is nice.

2. those

   वो लोग कौन हैं? ― vo log kaun ha͠i? ― Who are those people?

3. he, she, it

   वो कल दिल्ली जायेगा। ― vo kal dillī jāyegā. ― He will go to Delhi tomorrow.

   वो कल दिल्ली जायेगी। ― vo kal dillī jāyegī. ― She will go to Delhi tomorrow.

   वो मुझसे टूट गया। ― vo mujhse ṭūṭ gayā. ― I broke it by mistake.

4. they

   वो लोग कब आयेंगे? ― vo log kab āyeṅge? ― When will they come?

वो (vo) is the colloquial distal demonstrative pronoun. It is grammatically both singular and plural and it can be used with both the third person singular and third person plural conjugations. In colloquial speech and writing, it replaces both the singular distal demonstrative pronoun वह (vah) and the plural and formal distal demonstrative pronoun वे (ve).

• वह (vah) (literary or formal distal demonstrative pronoun, grammatically singular)
• वे (ve) (literary or formal distal demonstrative pronoun, grammatically plural)

वो (vo)

1. Devanagari script form of vo, which is accusative/instrumental/genitive/dative plural of त्वं (tvaṃ, “you”)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐw/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋoː/

वो • (vo)

1. sandhi form of accusative/dative/genitive plural of त्वम् (tvám, “you”)