و

See also: ؤ

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

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑ/, /wæ/, /wa/ (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

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]
• (phoneme): 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Conjunction

وَ • ‎(u-)

1. and

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Kalami

Noun

و ‎(ū)

1. water

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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. and

Etymology 3

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 bqlam 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

Derived terms

• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: و