सो

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /soː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from , from Sanskrit स (sá, third person singular pronoun).

Pronoun

सो • (so) m or f (Urdu spelling سو)

1. used in constructions with जो (jo, “whoever”)

   जो काम करता, सो कमाता। ― jo kām kartā, so kamātā. ― Whoever works, they earn [money].

2. (obsolete) he, she, it

   Synonym: वह (vah)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

Verb

सो • (so) (Urdu spelling سو)

1. inflection of सोना (sonā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular present imperative

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Newar

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-sum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so]

Numeral

सो • (so)

1. three

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• so (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• সো (Bengali script)
• සො (Sinhalese script)
• သော or သေႃ (Burmese script)
• โส (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂສ (Lao script)
• សោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms

• sa (Latin script)
• 𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• स (Devanagari script)
• স (Bengali script)
• ස (Sinhalese script)
• သ (Burmese script)
• ส or สะ (Thai script)
• ᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ສ or ສະ (Lao script)
• ស (Khmer script)
• 𑄥 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

सो (so)

1. Devanagari script form of so
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1], page 252; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     सब्बेसं तिण्णं पठममज्झिमुत्तमपुरिसानं एकाभिधाने परो पुरिसो गहेतब्बो। सो च पठति, ते च पठन्ति, त्वञ्च पठसि तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पठामि = मयं पठाम; सो पचति, ते च पचन्ति, त्वञ्च पचन्ति, तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पचआमि = मयं पचाम एवं सेसासु विभत्तीसु परो पुरिसो योजेतब्बो॥

     Sabbesaṃ tiṇṇaṃ paṭhamamajjhimuttamapurisānaṃ ekābhidhāne paro puriso gahetabbo. So ca paṭhati, te ca paṭhanti, tvañca paṭhasi, tumhe ca paṭhatha, ahañca paṭhāmi = mayaṃ paṭhāma; so pacati, te ca pacanti, tvañca pacasi, tumhe ca pacatha, ahañca pacāmi = mayaṃ pacāma. Evaṃ sesāsu vibhattīsu paro puriso yojetabbo.

     With all three, third, second, and first persons, in one expression, the last person is to be taken. He reads, they read, thou readest, you read, and I read = we read; he cooks, they cook, thou cookest, you cook , and I cook = we cook. The last person is to be applied thus for other endings.

Adjective

सो (so)

1. Devanagari script form of so, which is masculine nominative singular of त (ta, “that”)