Pashto

Pronoun

مو • ‎(mō)

1. our (affixed form)
2. your (affixed form, possessive of تاسو)

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo/

Pronoun

مو • ‎(mo)

1. (dialectal, Mashhad, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) Alternative form of من

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian mwd ‎(mōy, “hair”).

Alternative forms

• موی ‎(muy)

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /muː/
• (Dari) IPA^(key): /moː/
• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /muː/

Noun

مو • ‎(mu) ‎(plural موها ‎(mu-hâ))

1. hair
   • 10th/11th century, attributed to Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr and Avicenna, :

     دل گرچه در این بادیه بسیار شتافت
     یک موی ندانست ولی موی شکافت
     اندر دل من هزار خورشید بتافت
     آخر به کمال ذره‌ای راه نیافت‎

     dil garči dar īn bādiya bisyār šitāft
     yak mōy nadānist walī mōy šikāft
     andar dil-i man hazār xuršēd bitāft
     āxar ba kamāl zarra-ē rāh nayāft

     Although [this] heart hastened in this desert so much,
     A hair was not aware, but passed through hairs.
     A thousand of suns shined inside my heart
     At the end, it did not reach the smallest bit of excellence.

Synonyms

• گیسو ‎(gisu)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mōy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56

Etymology 3

Cognates with میوه.

Noun

مو • ‎(mow) ‎(plural موها ‎(mow-hâ))

1. vine

Derived terms

• موستان ‎(movestân)