ว

See also: ว.

ว U+0E27, ว THAI CHARACTER WO WAEN ← ฦ [U+0E26] Thai ศ → [U+0E28]

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• v or V (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇 or ဝ (Chakma script)

Letter

ว (v)

1. The 37th letter and 29th consonant of the Thai Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the voiced, labiodental fricative (or approximant) consonant /v/, but modern local accents diverge.

See also

• ล (la) (previous letter of the Pali alphabet)
• ส (sa) (next letter of the Pali alphabet)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• iva (Latin script)
• 𑀇𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• इव (Devanagari script)
• ইৰ (Bengali script)
• ඉව (Sinhalese script)
• ဣဝ or ဢိဝ (Burmese script)
• อิว or อิวะ (Thai script)
• ᩍᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິວ or ອິວະ (Lao script)
• ឥវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄨𑅇 (Chakma script)

Particle

ว

1. Thai script form of va (“like, as if”)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• eva (Latin script)
• 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• एव (Devanagari script)
• এৰ (Bengali script)
• එව (Sinhalese script)
• ဧဝ or ဨဝ or ဢေဝ (Burmese script)
• เอว or เอวะ (Thai script)
• ᩑᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອວ or ເອວະ (Lao script)
• ឯវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• yeva (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• येव (Devanagari script)
• যেৰ (Bengali script)
• යෙව (Sinhalese script)
• ယေဝ (Burmese script)
• เยว or เยวะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຍວ or ເຍວະ or ເຢວະ (Lao script)
• យេវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• ñeva (Latin script)
• 𑀜𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ञेव (Devanagari script)
• ঞেৰ (Bengali script)
• ඤෙව (Sinhalese script)
• ဉေဝ or ၺေဝ (Burmese script)
• เญว or เญวะ (Thai script)
• ᨬᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຎວ or ເຎວະ (Lao script)
• ញេវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄐𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Particle

ว

1. Thai script form of va, sandhi form of เอว (eva, “even”)

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇 (Chakma script)

Noun

ว m

1. Thai script form of va (“letter 'v'”)

Declension

Declension table of "ว" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Nominative (first)	โว (vo)
Accusative (second)	วํ (vaṃ)
Instrumental (third)	เวน (vena)
Dative (fourth)	วสฺส (vassa) or วาย (vāya) or วตฺถํ (vatthaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	วสฺมา (vasmā) or วมฺหา (vamhā) or วา (vā)
Genitive (sixth)	วสฺส (vassa)
Locative (seventh)	วสฺมิํ (vasmiṃ) or วมฺหิ (vamhi) or เว (ve)
Vocative (calling)	ว (va)

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ว w
Phonemic		วอ w ɒ	วอ แหฺวน w ɒ    æ h ̥ w n
Romanization	Paiboon	wɔɔ	wɔɔ wɛ̌ɛn
	Royal Institute	wo	wo waen
(standard) IPA(key)		/wɔː˧/(R)	/wɔː˧.wɛːn˩˩˦/(R)
Homophones edit		ว. วอ วอร์

Letter

ว • (wɔɔ)

1. wɔɔ wɛ̌ɛn (ว แหวน), the 37th consonant letter of the Thai alphabet

Usage notes

• This letter belongs to the Thai low consonant class
• When ว ends a syllable, it's always part of a vowel