វ

See also: វូ and វា

វ U+179C, វ KHMER LETTER VO ← ល [U+179B] Khmer ឝ → [U+179D]

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic វ v WT romanisation vɔɔ (standard) IPA(key) /ʋɔː/

Etymology 1

Letter

វ, ្វ • (vɔɔ)

1. twenty-ninth letter of the Cambodian alphabet

Usage notes

• This letter belongs to the Khmer o-series consonants

Etymology 2

Noun

វ • (vɔɔ)

1. palanquin

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)
• 𑅇 or ဝ (Chakma script)

Letter

វ (v)

1. The 37th letter and 29th consonant of the Khmer Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the voiced, labiodental fricative (or approximant) consonant /v/.

See also

• ល (l) (previous letter of the Pali alphabet)
• ស (s) (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)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao 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

វ

1. Khmer 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)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao 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

វ

1. Khmer script form of va, sandhi form of ឯវ (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)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• 𑅇 (Chakma script)

Noun

វ m

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

Declension

Declension table of "វ" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular
Nominative (first)	វោ (vo)
Accusative (second)	វំ (vaṃ)
Instrumental (third)	វេន (vena)
Dative (fourth)	វស្ស (vassa) or វាយ (vāya) or វត្ថំ (vatthaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	វស្មា (vasmā) or វម្ហា (vamhā) or វា (vā)
Genitive (sixth)	វស្ស (vassa)
Locative (seventh)	វស្មិំ (vasmiṃ) or វម្ហិ (vamhi) or វេ (ve)
Vocative (calling)	វ (va)