و

Character	و
Unicode name	ARABIC LETTER WAW
Unicode block	Arabic
Codepoint	U+0648

Translingual

Letter

و

1. Arabic letter waw

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Arabic

Letter

و / ‍و • (wāw)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ه (h) and followed by ي (y).

Numeral 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 and followed by ز (z).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑ/, /wæ/ (MSA)
• IPA^(key): /wɪ/, /u/ (dialectal)

• Audio

  (file)

Conjunction

وَ • (wa-)

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 وَطُرُود وَأَوْرَاق

  kutub wa-ṭurūd wa-ʾawrāq

  books and parcels and papers

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)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: و

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Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• وە (we)

Conjunction

و (u)

1. and

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Malay

Wikipedia ^ms

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

Dari	و
Iranian Persian	و
Tajik	у (u)

و • (o)

1. and

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَ (wa).

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /væ/

Conjunction

Dari	و
Iranian Persian	و
Tajik	ва (va)

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