أو
Arabic
Etymology
Cognate with Hebrew אוֹ (’o), Ugaritic 𐎜 (ủ /ʾō/).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
أَوْ • (ʔaw)
- or
- اَلشَّرْقُ أَوِ ٱلْغَرْبُ ― aš-šarqu ʔawi l-ḡarbu ― east or west
Related terms
- أَمْ (ʔam)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “أو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN