Technopedia Center

PMB University Brochure

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

או

או

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Syriac: ܐܘ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaw/

Conjunction

או • (transliteration needed)

or, either

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔo/

Interjection

או • (transliteration needed)

woe, alas, O

References

“ˀw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaw. Cognate with Arabic أَوْ (ʔaw) and Ugaritic 𐎜 (ʾō).

Pronunciation

(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔoː/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoː/, [ˈʔoː]
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔø/, [ˈʔøː] (Sanaani), /ˈʔe/, [ˈʔeː] (Sharaabi)
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔo/
Audio: (file)

Conjunction

אוֹ • ('o)

Or.
הוא בא, או לא?
hu ba, o lo?
Is he coming, or not?
Either.
או זה או זה אפשר.
o ze o ze efshár.
You can have either this one or this one.

Usage notes

Hebrew אוֹ is used much as English or, and Hebrew אוֹ … אוֹ is used much as English either … or. The main difference is that אוֹ … אוֹ cannot by itself introduce two complete clauses; rather, in this case, each clause must be introduced by ש־ (“that”):
או שאתה כן, או שאתה לא.
o she'ata ken, o she'ata lo.

Either you do, or you don't.

Mozarabic

Etymology

Inherited from Latin aut. Compare Portuguese ou and Spanish o. By coincidence, resembles the Hebrew synonym או.

Conjunction

או (ʔw)

or
- c. 1100, Kharja H16, section 1:
  כי פראיו או כי שיראד דמיבי
  ky frʔyw ʔw ky šyrʔd dmyby
  What shall I do, what will become of me?
  (literally, “What shall I do or what will be of me?”)

Persian

Pronoun

או • (u)

Judeo-Persian spelling of (u).
- 1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:
  נכרדה או וֿפֿא בא אהל דווראן
  שכסתה צד הזאראן עהד ופיימאן
  na-karde u vafâ bâ ahl-e dowrân
  šekaste sad hezârân ahd o peymân
  She has never been faithful to people of the world,
  Breaking countless promises and pacts.