Persian
Etymology
Colloquial contraction of اِی (ī) + سو (sū) both of which are colloquial pronunciations of این (īn) and سوی (sōy) respectively.
Pronunciation
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔiː.suː], [ʔiː.sʊ], [ʔiː.sä], [ʔiːs]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔiː.suː], [ʔiː.sʊ], [ʔiː.sä], [ʔiːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔiː.suː], [ʔiː.sʊ], [ʔiː.sä], [ʔiːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔu.su], [ʔu.su], [ʔi.sä], [ʔis]
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| Dari reading?
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īsū, īsu, īsa, īs
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Adverb
ایسو • (īsū)
- (Dari, Hazaragi, colloquial) contraction of این سوی (īn sōy, “here”, literally “this direction”)
- ایسو سی کو ― īsū say kū
- این سوی سیل کن ― īn sōy sayl kun ― look here (literally, “look in this direction”)