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و

و


و U+0648, و
ARABIC LETTER WAW
← ه
[U+0647] 		Arabic ى →
[U+0649]
See also: ؤ

Translingual

Letter

و

  1. Arabic letter waw

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /waːw/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /w/, /uː/ (in Classical Arabic)
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /w/, /u(ː)/, /oː/ (in Arabic dialects and loanwords)

Letter

و / ‍و • ‎(wāw)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ه ‎(h) and followed by ي ‎(y).

Symbol

و / ‍و • ‎(wāw)

  1. The sixth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ﻫ and followed by ز ‎(z).

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɑ/, /wæ/, /wa/ (MSA)
  • IPA(key): /wɪ/, /u/ (dialectal)

Conjunction

وَ • ‎(wa-)

  1. and
Usage notes
  • Arabic conjunctions and prepositions that have only one letter, such as و, always attach as a prefix to the following word.
    كُتُب وَطُرُود وَأَوْرَاق‎
    kutub wa-ṭurūd wa-ʾawrāq
    books and parcels and papers

Etymology 3

Infix

ـَو • ‎(-aw-)

  1. Infix used in forming nisba (relative) adjectives, particularly with short bases, inserted between the base noun and the ending ِـيّ ‎(-iyy), e.g. لُغَوِيّ ‎(luḡawiyy, “linguistic”), based on لُغَة ‎(luḡa, “language”), or ثَانَوِيّ ‎(ṯānawiyy, “secondary”), based on ثَانٍ ‎(ṯānin, “second”).

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

  • وە ‎(we)

Conjunction

و ‎(u)

  1. and

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): [waːw], [wäːw]
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /w/, /uː/, /oː/, /u/

Letter

و / ‍و • ‎(wāw)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ه ‎(h) and followed by ي ‎(y).

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَ ‎(wa, “and”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/

Conjunction

وَ • ‎(u-)

  1. and

Kalami

Noun

و ‎(ū)

  1. water

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [wau̯]
  • (Phoneme, Consonant) IPA(key): [w]
  • (Phoneme, Consonant, Syllable intial, obsolete) IPA(key): [w], [v]
  • (Phoneme, Consonant, Syllable final, obsolete) IPA(key): [w], [f]
  • (Phoneme, Vowel) IPA(key): [u], [o], [ɔ]
  • (Phoneme, Vowel, Closed ultima) IPA(key): [o], [ɔ]

Letter

و / ‍و

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /wɑw/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /w/

Letter

و • ‎(wâw)

  1. The thirty-eighth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
و ـو

See also

  • Previous letter: ڼ
  • Next letter: ه

Persian

Letter

و / و / ﻮ / ﻮ • ‎(vâv)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ن and followed by ه. Its name is واو.

See also

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭣 ‎(ud), 𐭠𐭥 ‎(u). Later influenced by and to some degree conflated with Arabic وَ ‎(wa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o/ (predominant in context)
  • IPA(key): /væ/ (predominant after a pause)

Conjunction

Dari و
Iranian Persian و
Tajik у, ва ‎(u, va)

و • ‎(o, va)

  1. and
Usage notes
  • Unlike Arabic وَ ‎(wa), the Persian conjunction is not commonly joined to the following word in (contemporary) spelling.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o/

Particle

و • ‎(-o)

  1. (colloquial) Shortened form of رو ‎(ro), both are spoken forms of را ‎(râ).
    دستت‍‍و بلند کن.
    Dasteto boland kon.
    Raise your hand.

Tunisian Arabic

Conjunction

و ‎(u)

  1. and
    حَاجْتِي بْقْلَمْ وكَرّاسَة‎ ― ḥājtī b-qlam u karrāsa ― I need a pencil and a copy-book

Urdu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ʋaʋ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʋ/, /uː/, /oː/, /ɔː/

Letter

و • ‎(wāw)

  1. The thirty-third letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
و ـو

See also

  • Previous letter: ں
  • Next letter: ہ

Etymology

From Persian و

Conjunction

و • ‎(va, o)

  1. and

Derived terms

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