و

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Contents 1 Arabic 1.1 Letter 1.1.1 See also 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Conjunction 2 Pashto 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Letter 2.2.1 See also 3 Persian 3.1 Letter 3.1.1 See also 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Conjunction 4 Urdu 4.1 Letter 4.1.1 See also 4.2 Etymology 4.3 Conjunction

[edit] Arabic

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /wɑ/, /wæ/, /wɪ/, /u/
•  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Conjunction

و (wa-, u-)

1. and

N.B.— 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

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[edit] Pashto

[edit] Pronunciation

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

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و (wāw)

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

[edit] See also

• Previous letter: ڼ
• Next letter: ه

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[edit] Persian

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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.

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on the Persian alphabet

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}
• IPA: /væ/

[edit] Conjunction

Dari	و‍
Iranian Persian	و‍
Tajiki	‍ва‍

و (va, o)

1. and

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[edit] Urdu

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و / ‍و (wāw)

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

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on the Urdu alphabet

[edit] Etymology

From Persian و

[edit] Conjunction

و (va, o)

1. and

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