Malay

Alternative forms

• alu

Noun

الو ‎(Rumi spelling alu)

1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)

Persian

Alternative forms

• الاو ‎(alāv) (archaic)
• آلاو ‎(ālāv) (archaic)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *al- ‎(“to burn”).

Noun

الو • ‎(alow)

1. flame, blaze

Etymology 2

From French

Interjection

الو • ‎(alo)

1. hello (when answering the telephone)

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit उलूक ‎(ulūk)

Noun

اُلو • ‎(ullū) m ‎(Hindi spelling उल्लू)

1. owl