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)

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwk' /⁠xōg⁠/). Compare Old Armenian խոկ (xok).

• خوی (xuy) (literary)

خو • (xu)

1. 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 نکو

     man na-dīdam dar jahān-i just-u-jū
     hēč ahliyat ba az xū-i nikū

     I have not seen in the world of search and seeking (trial and probation)
     any worthiness better than a good disposition.

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

خو • (xo) (colloquial, various regions)

1. 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).

خو • (xo)

1. Colloquial form of خود (“self, one's own”)

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

1. Colloquial form of خواب (xâb, “dream, sleep”)

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

1. Colloquial form of خواب (xâb, “asleep”)

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