تو
Persian
/tuː/, /tuː/
regional
Definitions
- you, thou informal, singular
- (generally with following l) you, thee
- (at the end of an ezafe) your, thy
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian LK (you, thou) inherited from Proto-Iranian *tuHám inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, *tuHám.
Origin
Proto-Indo-Iranian
*túH, *tuHám
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sithee English
- thou English
- thouest English
- tute Latin
- tē Latin
- tū Latin
- tu Italian
- tu French
- ты Russian
- tú Spanish, Castilian
- σεαυτοῦ Ancient Greek
- σύ Ancient Greek
- *túh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *þū Proto-Germanic
- þū Old English
- त्वम् Sanskrit
- thou Middle English
- towe Middle English
- þou Middle English
- *ty Proto-Slavic
- tu Old French
- tu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- εσύ Greek (modern)
- tu Ido
- *þū gmw-pro
- che Old Portuguese
- tu Old Portuguese
- tvaṃ Pali
- *túH, *tuHám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *túH, *túH-am Proto-Indo-Iranian
- tu Aromanian
- *tū Proto-Italic
- ti Romansh
- tu Asturian
- tu Friulian
- তুমি Bengali
- tu Old Occitan
- tu Sicilian
- LK Middle Persian
- tu Northern Kurdish
- 𑀢𑀼𑀁 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑀁 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀢𑀁 Maharastri Prakrit
- te Dalmatian
- toi Dalmatian
- tú Ladino
- טו Ladino
- *tuHám Proto-Iranian
- 𐎬𐎺𐎶 Old Persian
- तू Konkani
- tu Romani
- tu Neapolitan
- ti Istriot
- *tú Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬙𐬏𐬨 Avestan
- ꠔꠥꠝꠤ Sylheti
- et Emilian
- طو Mozarabic
- तुइ Awadhi
- tu Savi
- εσύ Pontic Greek