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/ (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 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 (with following accusative)
   1. (mathematics) +, added to
5. particle denoting an oath (with following genitive)

   ‏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.
  • The connection to the following word may however exceptionally be cut off by quotation marks enclosing foreign terms, emoji and similar intrusions of meta elements in the language of the internet.
  • Sometimes editions of Arabic texts procured in Iran do not adhere to the rules, instead following the non-joining practice of Persian و‎ (va, o, “and”).
• 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) (with a following accusative)

1. with

   ‏سِرْتُ وَطُلُوعَ الْفَجْرِ‎ ― sirtu wa-ṭulūʿa l-fajri ― I got out with sunrise.

   ‏أَنَا وَإيّاكُم‎ ― ʾanā wa-ʾiyyākum ― I with you

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/
• (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

و • (u-)

1. and

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Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /waːw/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/, /oː/

Letter

و • (v)

1. The thirty-ninth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
و	ـو

See also

• Previous letter: ن‎ (n)
• Next letter: ہ‎ (h)

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	О, о/Ө, ө
Arabic	و

Pronunciation

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

Letter

و • (o, ö)

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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North Levantine Arabic

Suffix

ـو • (-o/-u) m

1. Alternative spelling of ـه‎ after a consonant

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Letter

و • (vav)

1. A letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet.

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَ‎ (wa).

Conjunction

و • (ve)

1. and

Descendants

• Turkish: ve

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ve”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “و”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2119

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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. Presumed to be influenced by and to some degree conflated with Arabic وَ‎ (wa).

Pronunciation

(predominant in context)

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /u/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ʊ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /o/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /u/

• audio

  (file)

(predominant after a pause)

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

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /wa./

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /væ./
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /va./

Conjunction

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

و • (o, va)

1. and

   21st century, Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi

   گر چه جیب و جام من از مال و مِی تُهیست.‎

   Gar če jib o jām-e man az māl o mey tohist.

   Although my pocket and my cup are empty of money and wine.

Usage notes

• The Persian و (va) 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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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic وَ‎ (wa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/, [w]

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Conjunction

و • (w-)

1. and
2. when, while

   Synonym: لما‎ (lamma)

   ‏مبيّن إنّك مبسوط وإنتا بتعلّم.‎‎

   mbayyen ʔinnak mabsūṭ w-inta bitʕallem

   It's clear that you're happy when you're teaching.

Usage notes

• The pronunciation varies by phonological context. It becomes u- before a single consonant (optional if the preceding word ends in a vowel) and we- before a consonant cluster.

Etymology 2

Suffix

ـو • (-o) m

1. Alternative spelling of ـه‎ (“he, him, his”) after a consonant

Etymology 3

Suffix

ـو • (-o)

1. attached to kinship terms in order to form terms of endearment

   جدّ‎ (jidd, “grandfather”) → جدّو‎ (jiddo, “grandpa”)

   عمّة‎ (ʕamme, “aunt”) → عمتو‎ (ʕamto, “auntie”)

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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

Borrowed from Persian و‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋə/, /oː/

Conjunction

و • (va, o) (Hindi spelling व)

1. and

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Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /wí/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

و (w)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami Script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
و	ـو

See also

• Previous letter: اُ
• Next letter: ي