o.
he, she, it
Meaning & usage
he, she, it
Where this word comes from
The current form is a merger of these two forms: * The nominative form is inherited from Ottoman Turkish او (o), from older اول (ol), from Old Anatolian Turkish اول (ol), from Proto-Turkic *ol. * The oblique forms (i.e., the forms begin with on-) are inherited from Ottoman Turkish آن (an), from Old Anatolian Turkish آن, from Proto-Turkic *an, which is the oblique case form of Proto-Turkic *ol. Cognate to Old Turkic 𐰆𐰞 (wl¹) (Old Turkic [script needed] (an)), Karakhanid اُلْ (“he, she, it; that”) and Chinese 兀 (wù, “that”).
The name of the Latin script letter O/o.
Where this word comes from
The current form is a merger of these two forms: * The nominative form is inherited from Ottoman Turkish او (o), from older اول (ol), from Old Anatolian Turkish اول (ol), from Proto-Turkic *ol. * The oblique forms (i.e., the forms begin with on-) are inherited from Ottoman Turkish آن (an), from Old Anatolian Turkish آن, from Proto-Turkic *an, which is the oblique case form of Proto-Turkic *ol. Cognate to Old Turkic 𐰆𐰞 (wl¹) (Old Turkic [script needed] (an)), Karakhanid اُلْ (“he, she, it; that”) and Chinese 兀 (wù, “that”).
that
Where this word comes from
The current form is a merger of these two forms: * The nominative form is inherited from Ottoman Turkish او (o), from older اول (ol), from Old Anatolian Turkish اول (ol), from Proto-Turkic *ol. * The oblique forms (i.e., the forms begin with on-) are inherited from Ottoman Turkish آن (an), from Old Anatolian Turkish آن, from Proto-Turkic *an, which is the oblique case form of Proto-Turkic *ol. Cognate to Old Turkic 𐰆𐰞 (wl¹) (Old Turkic [script needed] (an)), Karakhanid اُلْ (“he, she, it; that”) and Chinese 兀 (wù, “that”).
The eighteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
Where this word comes from
The current form is a merger of these two forms: * The nominative form is inherited from Ottoman Turkish او (o), from older اول (ol), from Old Anatolian Turkish اول (ol), from Proto-Turkic *ol. * The oblique forms (i.e., the forms begin with on-) are inherited from Ottoman Turkish آن (an), from Old Anatolian Turkish آن, from Proto-Turkic *an, which is the oblique case form of Proto-Turkic *ol. Cognate to Old Turkic 𐰆𐰞 (wl¹) (Old Turkic [script needed] (an)), Karakhanid اُلْ (“he, she, it; that”) and Chinese 兀 (wù, “that”).
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