و

See also: ؤ‎

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

ﻭ U+FEED, ﻭ ARABIC LETTER WAW ISOLATED FORM ← ﻬ [U+FEEC] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻮ → [U+FEEE]

ﻮ U+FEEE, ﻮ ARABIC LETTER WAW FINAL FORM ← ﻭ [U+FEED] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻯ → [U+FEEF]

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /waːw/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/, /uː/, silent (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 (h) and followed by ز‎ (z).

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʿ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و (w), ي‎ (y)
• ؤ‎ (ʾ)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: و

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *wa. Cognate with Hebrew וְ־‎ (wə-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa/ (MSA)
• IPA^(key): /wɪ/, /w/, /wə/, /u/ (dialectal)

• Audio

  (file)

Conjunction

وَ • (wa)

1. and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or clauses, particle of connection or continuation often unnecessary to render in translation
   1. yet, but; versatile conjunction determined by context
2. while, at the same time, and also do, simultaneously, to do this and to do that concurrently

   ‏لَا تَأْكُلِ السَّمَكَ وَتَشْرَبَ اللَّبَنَ‎ ― lā taʾkuli s-samaka wa-tašraba l-labana ― Do not eat fish and drink dairy; (Proverb about illnesses coming from bad combinations; originally the supposed increased risk of contracting leprosy, a myth stemming from fish scales and the white color of milk.)

   ‏لَا تَنْهَ عَنْ خُلُقٍ وَتَأْتِيَ مِثْلَهُ‎ ― lā tanha ʿan ḵuluqin wa-taʾtiya miṯlahu ― Do not say to stay away from a behavior, while you come with the likes of it; (Practice what it is you preach.)

3. particle of rephrasing or marking a clause of adposition; and in other words, that is to say, additionally called, i.e.
4. with, and also, additionally
   1. (mathematics) +, added to
5. particle denoting an oath

   ‏وَٱللّٰهِ‎ ― wa-llāhi ― By God; And I swear by God

Usage notes

• Arabic conjunctions and prepositions that have only one letter, such as وَ (wa), are written as a prefix.
• Arabic tends to use the conjunctions وَ (wa) and أَو‎ (ʾaw, “or”) between every conjunct in a list, contrasting with the English tendency to only use and and or between the final two.

  ‏كُتُب وَطُرُود وَأَوْرَاق‎‎

  kutub wa-ṭurūd wa-ʾawrāq

  books, parcels, and papers

  (literally, “books and parcels and papers”)

Derived terms

• وَلٰكِنَّ‎ (wa-lākinna), وَلٰكِنْ‎ (wa-lākin)
• وَلَا‎ (wa-lā)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa/ (MSA)

• Audio

  (file)

Preposition

وَ • (wa)

1. with (with a following accusative)

   ‏سِرْتُ وَطُلُوعَ الْفَجْرِ‎ ― sirtu wa-ṭulūʿa l-fajri ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 4

Interfix

ـَوـ • (-aw-)

1. interfix 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”).

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Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• وە‎ (we)

Conjunction

و (û)

1. and

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Chagatai

Conjunction

و (vä)

1. and

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): [waːw], [wäːw]
• (phonemes): 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

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	О, о/Ө, ө (O, o/Ö, ö)
Arabic	و

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /waw/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /o/ (back)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /œ/ (front)

Letter

و • (transliteration needed)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter О or Ө.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
و	ـو

See also

• ٶ‎
• Previous letter: ھ‎
• Next letter: ۇ‎

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [wau̯]
• (Phoneme, Consonant) IPA^(key): [w]
• (Phoneme, Consonant, Syllable initial, 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

• (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^(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

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Persian

Letter

و / وـ / ـوـ / ـو‎ • (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 (ʾʿd /ud/), 𐭠𐭥‎ (ʾʿ /u/); from Old Persian 𐎢𐎫𐎠 (u-t-a /utā/, “and”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)utá, from *(H)u, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂u. Later influenced by and to some degree conflated with Arabic وَ‎ (wa).

Pronunciation

(predominant in context)

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /u/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ʊ/

• (Kabuli): IPA^(key): /ʊ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /o/

• (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /o/

• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /u/

(predominant after a pause)

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /va./

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /wa./

• (Kabuli): IPA^(key): /wa./

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /væ./

• (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /væ./

• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /va./

• audio

  (file)

Conjunction

Dari Persian	و
Iranian Persian
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, Iranian Persian, Iran) Shortened 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 b-qlam u karrāsa ― I need a pencil and a copy-book

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Urdu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Letter

و • (vāv)

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 2

From Persian و‎

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋə/, /oː/

Conjunction

و • (va, o)

1. and