خو

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!

Mazanderani

Noun

خو (xô)

sleep

Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xuː/

Noun

خو • (ḵū) m

construct state of أخ (ʔaḵḵ)

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

خوی (xōy / xuy) (literary)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈxoː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xoː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xoː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xʊː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xuː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɵ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xō
Dari reading^?	xō
Iranian reading^?	xu
Tajik reading^?	xü

Noun

خو • (xō / xu) (Tajik spelling хӯ)

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 nadīdam dar jahān-i just-u-jō
  hēč ahliyyat ba az xō-yi nēkū
  I have not seen in the world of search and seeking (trial and probation)
  any worthiness better than a good disposition.

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xo]

Readings
Dari reading^?	xu
Iranian reading^?	xo

Pronoun

خو • (xu / xo)

(various regions) colloquial form of (xwad / xod, “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).

Noun

خو • (xu / xo)

(various regions) colloquial form of (xwad / xod, “self, one's own”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäw]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xäw]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xäw]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xow], [xæv]

Readings
Dari reading^?	xaw
Iranian reading^?	xow, xav

Noun

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

colloquial form of (xwāb / xâb, “dream, sleep”)

Adjective

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

colloquial form of (xwāb / xâb, “asleep”)

Etymology 4

Probably a clipping of (xūb).

Pronunciation

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xoː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xoː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xʊː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xow]

Readings
Dari reading^?	xō
Iranian reading^?	xow

Interjection

خو • (xow)

(Dari, dialectal in Iran) okay, OK; alternative form of (xob).

Southwestern Fars

Noun

خو (xow)

(Masarm, Deh Sarv) dream
(Masarm, Deh Sarv) sleep

Ushojo

Conjunction

خو (xō)

but