خالو
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَال (ḵāl).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xaː.ˈluː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xɑː.lúː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xɒː.lúː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χɔ.lú]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xālū |
| Dari reading? | xālū |
| Iranian reading? | xâlu |
| Tajik reading? | xolu |
Noun
خالو • (xâlu)
- (rare) maternal uncle
- Synonym: دایی (dâyi)
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
خالو • (ḵālo) m
See also
- عمّو (ʕammo, “paternal uncle”)
Urdu
Picture dictionary
خالو
تائی
پھپو
پھپا
چچا
سالا
سلہج
سالی
سالا
سلہج
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Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خالُو, from Arabic خَال (ḵāl).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɑː.luː/
- Rhymes: -uː
- Hyphenation: خَا‧لُو
Noun
خَالُو • (xālū) m (feminine خالَہ (xāla), Hindi spelling ख़ालू)
- husband of mother’s sister (maternal uncle) – masculine of خالَہ (xāla)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | خَالُو (xālū) | خَالُو (xālū) |
| oblique | خَالُو (xālū) | خَالُووں (xālūõ) |
| vocative | خَالُو (xālū) | خَالُوو (xālūo) |
Further reading
More information
- “خالو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “خالو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خالو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “خالو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “خالو”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “خالو”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC