و

See also: ؤ, ۋ, ۈ, ۇ, ۆ, ٷ, ٶ, ۉ, and 9

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]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [wɛə̯]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [w]

Letter

و (wèë)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
و	ـو

See also

• Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): 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]

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the Nabataean letter 𐢈 (l, “waw”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (l, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌉. See also Classical Syriac ܘ (l, “waw”), Hebrew ו (l, “vav”), Ancient Greek Υ (U), Latin F, Latin U, Latin V, Latin W and Latin Y.

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: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• ؤ (ʔ)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with و

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *wa. Cognate with Hebrew וְ־ (wə-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa/ (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 wa-tašraba 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 wa-taʔtiya miṯlahu

   Do not say to stay away from a behavior, while you come with the likes of it; (Practice what 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 (with following accusative)
   1. (mathematics) +, added to
5. particle denoting an oath (with following genitive)

   وَٱللّٰهِ ― wa-llāhi ― 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.
  • The connection to the following word may however exceptionally be cut off by quotation marks enclosing foreign terms, emoji and similar intrusions of meta elements in the language of the internet.
  • Sometimes editions of Arabic texts procured in Iran do not adhere to the rules, instead following the non-joining practice of Persian و (va, o, “and”).
• Arabic tends to use the conjunctions وَ (wa) and أَو (ʔaw, “or”) between every conjunct in a list, contrasting with the English tendency to use and and or only between the final two.

  كُتُبٌ وَطُرُودٌ وَأَوْرَاقٌ

  kutubun wa-ṭurūdun wa-ʔawrāqun

  books, parcels, and papers

  (literally, “books and parcels and papers”)

Derived terms

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa/ (MSA)

• Audio:

  (file)

Preposition

وَ • (wa) (with a following accusative)

1. with

   سِرْتُ وَطُلُوعَ الْفَجْرِ ― sirtu wa-ṭulūʕa l-fajri ― I got out with sunrise.

   أَنَا وَإيّاكُم ― ʔanā wa-ʔiyyākum ― I with you

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”).

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/, [w]

Letter

و (transliteration needed)

1. The forty-second letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/, /oː/

Letter

و (w)

1. The forty-second letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): [waw]
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): [w, u]

Letter

و/ـوـ/ ‍وـ/ـو (w, u)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Kurdish-Arabic alphabet, pronounced [w] or [u]

Alternative forms

• وە (we)

Conjunction

و (û)

1. and

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
و	ـو

See also

• Previous letter: ه (hi)
• Next letter: وو (wu)
• Arabic script letters: پیت (pît) (script appendix): ئـ, ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ر, ڕ, ز, ژ, س, ش, ع, غ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, گ, ل, ڵ, م, ن, ھ, ہ, و, وو, ۆ, ى, ێ ^[edit]

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian و (wa), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭣 (ʾʿd /⁠ud⁠/), 𐭠𐭥 (ʾʿ /⁠u⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎫𐎠 (u-t-a /⁠utā⁠/, “and”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)utá, *(H)u, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂u.

Conjunction

و (vä)

1. and

Descendants

• Uyghur:

  Arabic script: ۋە (we)

  Cyrillic script: вә (we)

• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic script: ва

  Latin script: va

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /w/, /uː/, /oː/, /u/

Etymology

From Arabic و (w).

Letter

و • (w, ū, ō, u)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic abjad, named واو (wāw). It is preceded by ه (h) and follow by ي (y).

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [-ʊ]

Etymology 1

Suffix

ـو • (-u)

1. Forms endearing, familiar forms of words ending in consonants or ـة (-a).

   ‎عمّ (ʕamm, “uncle”) + ‎ـو → ‎عمّو (ʕammu, “uncley”)

   ‎خالة (ḵāla, “aunt”) + ‎ـو → ‎خالتو (ḵaltu, “auntie”)

Etymology 2

Suffix

ـو • (-u)

1. alternative spelling of ـوا

Etymology 3

Suffix

ـو • (-u)

1. alternative spelling of ـه

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /waːw/
• (phonemes): IPA^(key): /w/, /uː/, /oː/, /u/ (word-final)

Letter

و • (wāw)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ه (hāʔ) and followed by ي (yāʔ).

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
و	ـو

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, هـ, و, ي ^[edit]

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَ (wa, “and”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/, /w-/

Conjunction

و • (u- or w-)

1. and

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

و • (v)

1. The thirty-ninth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
و	ـو

See also

• Previous letter: ن (n)
• Next letter: ہ (h)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	و
Cyrillic	О, о/Ө, ө
Latin	O, o/Ö, ö

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /waw/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /o/ (back)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɵ/ (front)

Letter

و • (o, ö)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter О or Ө.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
و	ـو

Usage notes

• Represents the back vowel phoneme /o/, unless a small ء (hamza) was placed in the beginning of the word. In Kazakh the Hamza marks that all vowels in the following word are fronted. If و is the first letter and is representing a front vowel, it is combined with the hamza and the varient ٶ is used.

See also

• ٶ (front vowel, word initial)
• Previous letter: ھ
• Next letter: ۇ
• Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي ^[edit]

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

و

Wikipedia ^ms

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [wau̯]
• (Phoneme, Consonant) IPA^(key): [w]
• (Phoneme, Consonant, Syllable initial, 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 (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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]