و

Character	و
Unicode name	ARABIC LETTER WAW
Arabic	U+0648

Arabic

Letter

و / ‍و (wāw)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ه and followed by ى.
2. 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.

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wɑ/, /wæ/, /wɪ/, /u/

• Audio

  (file)

Conjunction

و • (wa-, u-)

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 وطُرُود وأوراق - books and parcels and papers

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حرف; ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: و

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Malay

Wikipedia ^ms

Pronunciation

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

Letter

و / ‍و

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

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف; ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

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Pashto

Pronunciation

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

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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

• Wikipedia article on the Persian alphabet

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭣 (ud) / 𐭠𐭥 (u).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /o/

Conjunction

Dari	و‍
Iranian Persian	و‍
Tajik	‍у‍

و (o)

1. and

Etymology 2

From Arabic و (wa).

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /væ/

Conjunction

Dari	و‍
Iranian Persian	و‍
Tajik	‍ва‍

و (va)

1. (formal) and

Etymology 3

Particle

و (-o)

1. (colloquial) Shorten form of رو (ro), both are spoken forms of را (râ).

   دستت‍‍و بلند کن.

   Dasteto boland kon.

   Raise your hand.

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Tunisian Arabic

Conjunction

و (u)

1. and

   حَاجْتِي بْقْلَمْ وكَرّاسَة (ḥājtī bqlam u karrāsa) — I need a pencil and a copy-book

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Urdu

Letter

و / ‍و (wāw)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Urdu alphabet. It is preceded by ن and followed by ہ.

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Urdu alphabet

Etymology

From Persian و

Conjunction

و • (va, o)

1. and

Derived terms

• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: و