و

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]

See also: ؤ

Translingual

Letter

و

1. Arabic letter waw

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa/, [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 وَ (wa), are written as a prefix.

وَ (wa) is written at the beginning of every word in a list, except the first. In English, it is more common for the corresponding conjunction and to be written only before the last item in the list

‏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)
• وَٱللّٰه‏ (wa-llāh)

Etymology 3

Infix

ـَو • (-aw-)

1. Infix 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 (u)

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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Kalami

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hap, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).

Noun

و (ū)

1. water

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Malay

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); from Old Persian 𐎢𐎫𐎠 (utā, “and”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti (“and”). Later influenced by and to some degree conflated with Arabic وَ‏ (wa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o/ (predominant in context)
• IPA^(key): /væ/ (predominant after a pause)

• audio

  (file)

Conjunction

Dari	و‏
Iranian Persian	و‏
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) 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

Alternative forms

• व (va)
• उ (u)
• ओ (o)
• औ (au)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

و • (wāw)

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

From Persian و‏

Conjunction

و • (va, o)

1. and