و

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/, 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 (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
• ؤ (ʔ)
• 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

• (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 taʔkuli s-samaka watašraba 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 ʕan ḵuluqin wataʔtiya 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 ― wallāhi ― 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 (ʔaw, “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 waṭurūd waʔawrāq

  books, parcels, and papers

  (literally, “books and parcels and papers”)

Derived terms

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (MSA)

• Audio:

  (file)

Preposition

وَ • (wa)

1. with (with a following accusative)

   سِرْتُ وَطُلُوعَ الْفَجْرِ ― sirtu waṭulūʕa 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 (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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic وَ (wa, “and”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Conjunction

وَ • (u-)

1. and

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wau̯]
• IPA^(key): [w]
• IPA^(key): [w], [v]
• IPA^(key): [w], [f]
• IPA^(key): [u], [o], [ɔ]
• 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) ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ة,‎ 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 (ud), 𐭠𐭥 (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) Template:fa-pronunciation

(predominant after a pause) Template:fa-pronunciation

• audio:

  (file)

Conjunction

Dari	و
Iranian Persian
Tajik	у, ва

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, 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): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːʋ/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) 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 (h)

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian و

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə/, /oː/

Conjunction

و • (va, o)

1. and