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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Symbol" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Symbol"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.3</span> <span>Symbol</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Symbol-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conjunction" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjunction"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2</span> <span>Conjunction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjunction-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Usage_notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage_notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2.1</span> <span>Usage notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usage_notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Derived_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2.2</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Etymology 3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Preposition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Preposition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.2</span> <span>Preposition</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Preposition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Etymology 4</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Interfix" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interfix"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1</span> <span>Interfix</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interfix-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Balti" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Balti"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Balti</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Balti-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Balti subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Balti-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Burushaski" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Burushaski"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Burushaski</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Burushaski-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Burushaski subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Burushaski-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Central_Kurdish" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Central_Kurdish"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Central Kurdish</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Central_Kurdish-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Central Kurdish subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Central_Kurdish-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Alternative_forms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alternative_forms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>Alternative forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alternative_forms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conjunction_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjunction_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Conjunction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjunction_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Forms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Forms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chagatai" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chagatai"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Chagatai</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Chagatai-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Chagatai subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Chagatai-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conjunction_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjunction_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Conjunction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjunction_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Descendants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hijazi_Arabic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hijazi_Arabic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Hijazi Arabic</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Hijazi_Arabic-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Hijazi Arabic subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Hijazi_Arabic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Forms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2.1</span> <span>Forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Forms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2.2</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conjunction_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjunction_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.2</span> <span>Conjunction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjunction_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kashmiri" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kashmiri"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Kashmiri</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Kashmiri-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Kashmiri subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Kashmiri-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Forms_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forms_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1</span> <span>Forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Forms_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.2</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kazakh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kazakh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Kazakh</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Kazakh-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Kazakh subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Kazakh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Forms_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forms_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.1</span> <span>Forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Forms_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Usage_notes_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage_notes_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.2</span> <span>Usage notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usage_notes_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.3</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Malay" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Malay"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Malay</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Malay-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Malay subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Malay-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-See_also_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.1</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-North_Levantine_Arabic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_Levantine_Arabic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>North Levantine Arabic</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-North_Levantine_Arabic-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle North Levantine Arabic subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-North_Levantine_Arabic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Suffix" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Suffix"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Suffix</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Suffix-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ottoman_Turkish" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ottoman_Turkish"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Ottoman Turkish</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Ottoman_Turkish-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Ottoman Turkish subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Ottoman_Turkish-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Letter_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1.1</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Conjunction_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjunction_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.1</span> <span>Conjunction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjunction_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Descendants_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.1.1</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pashto" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pashto"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Pashto</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Pashto-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Pashto subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Pashto-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Forms_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forms_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2.1</span> <span>Forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Forms_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2.2</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Persian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Persian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Persian</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Persian-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Persian subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Persian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-See_also_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2.1</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conjunction_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjunction_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3.2</span> <span>Conjunction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjunction_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Usage_notes_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage_notes_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3.2.1</span> <span>Usage notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usage_notes_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Descendants_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3.2.2</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.4</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Alternative_forms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alternative_forms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.4.1</span> <span>Alternative forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alternative_forms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.4.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Particle" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Particle"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.4.3</span> <span>Particle</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Particle-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_Levantine_Arabic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_Levantine_Arabic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>South Levantine Arabic</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-South_Levantine_Arabic-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle South Levantine Arabic subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-South_Levantine_Arabic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Conjunction_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjunction_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2.1</span> <span>Conjunction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjunction_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Usage_notes_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage_notes_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2.1.1</span> <span>Usage notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usage_notes_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.3</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Suffix_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Suffix_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.3.1</span> <span>Suffix</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Suffix_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_3_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.4</span> <span>Etymology 3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Suffix_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Suffix_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.4.1</span> <span>Suffix</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Suffix_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tunisian_Arabic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tunisian_Arabic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Tunisian Arabic</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Tunisian_Arabic-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Tunisian Arabic subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Tunisian_Arabic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Conjunction_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjunction_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.1</span> <span>Conjunction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjunction_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Urdu" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Urdu"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>Urdu</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Urdu-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Urdu subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Urdu-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.1</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_17" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_17"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.1.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_17-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.1.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Forms_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forms_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.1.2.1</span> <span>Forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Forms_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.1.2.2</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_18" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_18"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.2.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_18-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conjunction_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjunction_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.2.2</span> <span>Conjunction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjunction_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ushojo" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ushojo"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17</span> <span>Ushojo</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Ushojo-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Ushojo subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Ushojo-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_19" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_19"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_19-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-See_also_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.2.1</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conjunction_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjunction_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.3</span> <span>Conjunction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjunction_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Yoruba" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Yoruba"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18</span> <span>Yoruba</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Yoruba-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Yoruba subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Yoruba-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_20" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_20"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_20-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Letter_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Letter_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.2</span> <span>Letter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Letter_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Forms_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forms_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.2.1</span> <span>Forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Forms_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.2.2</span> <span>See also</span> </div> 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href="/wiki/File:U%2B0648.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/U%2B0648.svg/120px-U%2B0648.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/U%2B0648.svg/180px-U%2B0648.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/U%2B0648.svg/240px-U%2B0648.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span><br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Arab">و</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=0648">U+0648</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#1608;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">ARABIC LETTER WAW</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%D9%87" title="ه"><span title="ARABIC LETTER HEH">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Arab">ه</span><br /><small>[U+0647]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Arabic" title="Appendix:Unicode/Arabic">Arabic</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%D9%89" title="ى"><span title="ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA"><span class="character-sample-secondary Arab">ى</span> →<br /><small>[U+0649]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r75637847">.mw-parser-output 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class="character-sample-name">ARABIC LETTER WAW ISOLATED FORM</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%BB%AC" class="mw-redirect" title="ﻬ"><span title="ARABIC LETTER HEH MEDIAL FORM">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Arab">ﻬ</span><br /><small>[U+FEEC]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Arabic_Presentation_Forms-B" title="Appendix:Unicode/Arabic Presentation Forms-B">Arabic Presentation Forms-B</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%BB%AE" class="mw-redirect" title="ﻮ"><span title="ARABIC LETTER WAW FINAL FORM"><span class="character-sample-secondary Arab">ﻮ</span> →<br /><small>[U+FEEE]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847"> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Arab">ﻮ</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=FEEE">U+FEEE</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#65262;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">ARABIC LETTER WAW FINAL FORM</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%BB%AD" class="mw-redirect" title="ﻭ"><span title="ARABIC LETTER WAW ISOLATED FORM">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Arab">ﻭ</span><br /><small>[U+FEED]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Arabic_Presentation_Forms-B" title="Appendix:Unicode/Arabic Presentation Forms-B">Arabic Presentation Forms-B</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%BB%AF" class="mw-redirect" title="ﻯ"><span title="ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA ISOLATED FORM"><span class="character-sample-secondary Arab">ﻯ</span> →<br /><small>[U+FEEF]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847"> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arabic">Arabic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 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class="extiw" title="w:Phoenician language">Phoenician</a></span> letter <i class="Phnx mention" lang="phn"><a href="/wiki/%F0%90%A4%85#Phoenician" title="𐤅">𐤅</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="phn-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">l</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">waw</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from the <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Egyptian language">Egyptian</a></span> hieroglyph <i class="Egyp mention" lang="egy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%F0%93%8C%89&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="𓌉 (page does not exist)">𓌉</a></i>. See also Classical Syriac <i class="Syrc mention" lang="syc"><a href="/wiki/%DC%98#Classical_Syriac" title="ܘ">ܘ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="syc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">l</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">waw</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, Hebrew <i class="Hebr mention" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%95#Hebrew" title="ו">ו</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">l</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">vav</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%A5#Ancient_Greek" title="Υ">Υ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">U</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/F#Latin" title="F">F</a></i>, Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/U#Latin" title="U">U</a></i>, Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/V#Latin" title="V">V</a></i>, Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/W#Latin" title="W">W</a></i> and Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Y#Latin" title="Y">Y</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">letter name</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Arabic phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/waːw/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">phoneme</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Arabic phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/w/</span>, <span class="IPA">/uː/</span>, <span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">silent</span></span> (in Classical Arabic)</li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">phoneme</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Arabic phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/w/</span>, <span class="IPA">/u(ː)/</span>, <span class="IPA">/oː/</span> (in Arabic dialects and loanwords)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Letter">Letter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="ar"><b>و </b>/<b> ‍و</b></strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Arabic_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Arabic transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ar-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">wāw</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The twenty-seventh letter of the <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> alphabet. It is preceded by <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%87#Arabic" title="ه">ه</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">h</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> and followed by <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%8A#Arabic" title="ي">ي</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">y</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Symbol">Symbol</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="ar"><b>و </b>/<b> ‍و</b></strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Arabic_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Arabic transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ar-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">wāw</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The sixth letter in traditional <a href="/wiki/abjad" title="abjad">abjad</a> order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (<a href="/w/index.php?title=abjad_numerals&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="abjad numerals (page does not exist)">abjad numerals</a>). It is preceded by <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%87#Arabic" title="ه">ه</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">h</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> and followed by <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B2#Arabic" title="ز">ز</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">z</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>(<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Arabic_script" title="Appendix:Arabic script">Arabic script letters</a></i>) <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A7#Arabic" title="ا">ا</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ʔalif</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A8#Arabic" title="ب">ب</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">bāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AA#Arabic" title="ت">ت</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">tāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AB#Arabic" title="ث">ث</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ṯāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AC#Arabic" title="ج">ج</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">jīm</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AD#Arabic" title="ح">ح</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḥāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AE#Arabic" title="خ">خ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḵāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AF#Arabic" title="د">د</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">dāl</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B0#Arabic" title="ذ">ذ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḏāl</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B1#Arabic" title="ر">ر</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">rāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B2#Arabic" title="ز">ز</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">zāy</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B3#Arabic" title="س">س</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">sīn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B4#Arabic" title="ش">ش</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">šīn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B5#Arabic" title="ص">ص</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ṣād</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B6#Arabic" title="ض">ض</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḍād</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B7#Arabic" title="ط">ط</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ṭāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B8#Arabic" title="ظ">ظ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ẓāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B9#Arabic" title="ع">ع</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ʕayn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%BA#Arabic" title="غ">غ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḡayn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%81#Arabic" title="ف">ف</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">fāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%82#Arabic" title="ق">ق</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">qāf</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%83#Arabic" title="ك">ك</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">kāf</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%84#Arabic" title="ل">ل</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">lām</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%85#Arabic" title="م">م</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">mīm</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%86#Arabic" title="ن">ن</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">nūn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%87#Arabic" title="ه">ه</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">hāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><strong class="selflink">و</strong></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">wāw</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%8A#Arabic" title="ي">ي</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">yāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A4#Arabic" title="ؤ">ؤ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_alphabet" class="extiw" title="w:Arabic alphabet">Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:AllPages/%D9%88" title="Special:AllPages/و">Search for entries beginning with <span class="Arab" lang="ar">و</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Semitic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Semitic language">Proto-Semitic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/wa" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/wa">*wa</a></i>. Cognate with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" class="extiw" title="w:Hebrew language">Hebrew</a></span> <i class="Hebr mention" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%95%D6%BE#Hebrew" title="ו־">וְ־</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">wə-</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Arabic phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/wa/</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">MSA</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Arabic phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/wɪ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/w/</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">dialectal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="Ar-و.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Ar-%D9%88.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/Ar-%D9%88.ogg/Ar-%D9%88.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Ar-%D9%88.ogg" title="File:Ar-و.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Conjunction">Conjunction</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="ar">وَ</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Arabic_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Arabic transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ar-Latn" class="headword-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">wa</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a>, "<a href="/wiki/comma" title="comma">comma</a>", "<a href="/wiki/semi-colon" title="semi-colon">semi-colon</a>"; a <a href="/wiki/divider" title="divider">divider</a> of <a href="/wiki/word" title="word">words</a> or <a href="/wiki/clause" title="clause">clauses</a>, <a href="/wiki/particle" title="particle">particle</a> of <a href="/wiki/connection" title="connection">connection</a> or <a href="/wiki/continuation" title="continuation">continuation</a> <a href="/wiki/often" title="often">often</a> <a href="/wiki/unnecessary" title="unnecessary">unnecessary</a> to <a href="/wiki/render" title="render">render</a> in <a href="/wiki/translation" title="translation">translation</a> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/yet" title="yet">yet</a>, <a href="/wiki/but" title="but">but</a>; <a href="/wiki/versatile" title="versatile">versatile</a> <a href="/wiki/conjunction" title="conjunction">conjunction</a> <a href="/wiki/determine" title="determine">determined</a> by <a href="/wiki/context" title="context">context</a></li></ol></li> <li><a href="/wiki/while" title="while">while</a>, <a href="/wiki/at" title="at">at</a> <a href="/wiki/the" title="the">the</a> <a href="/wiki/same" title="same">same</a> <a href="/wiki/time" title="time">time</a>, <a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a> <a href="/wiki/also" title="also">also</a> <a href="/wiki/do" title="do">do</a>, <a href="/wiki/simultaneous" title="simultaneous">simultaneously</a>, to <a href="/wiki/do" title="do">do</a> <a href="/wiki/this" title="this">this</a> <a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a> to <a href="/wiki/do" title="do">do</a> <a href="/wiki/that" title="that">that</a> <a href="/wiki/concurrent" title="concurrent">concurrently</a> <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Arab mention e-example" lang="ar">لَا تَأْكُلِ السَّمَكَ <b>وَ</b>تَشْرَبَ اللَّبَنَ</i> ― <i lang="ar-Latn" class="e-transliteration tr Latn">lā taʔkuli s-samaka <b>wa-</b>tašraba l-labana</i> ― <span class="e-translation">Do not eat fish <b>and</b> 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.)</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Arab mention e-example" lang="ar">لَا تَنْهَ عَنْ خُلُقٍ <b>وَ</b>تَأْتِيَ مِثْلَهُ</i> ― <i lang="ar-Latn" class="e-transliteration tr Latn">lā tanha ʕan ḵuluqin <b>wa-</b>taʔtiya miṯlahu</i> ― <span class="e-translation">Do not say to stay away from a behavior, <b>while</b> you come with the likes of it; (Practice what you preach.)</span></span></dd></dl></li> <li>particle of <a href="/wiki/rephrasing" title="rephrasing">rephrasing</a> or <a href="/wiki/mark" title="mark">marking</a> a <a href="/wiki/clause" title="clause">clause</a> of <a href="/wiki/adposition" title="adposition">adposition</a>; <a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a> <a href="/wiki/in" title="in">in</a> <a href="/wiki/other" title="other">other</a> <a href="/wiki/word" title="word">words</a>, <a href="/wiki/that" title="that">that</a> <a href="/wiki/is" title="is">is</a> <a href="/wiki/to" title="to">to</a> <a href="/wiki/say" title="say">say</a>, <a href="/wiki/additional" title="additional">additionally</a> <a href="/wiki/call" title="call">called</a>, <a href="/wiki/i.e." title="i.e.">i.e.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/with" title="with">with</a>, <a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a> <a href="/wiki/also" title="also">also</a>, <a href="/wiki/additional" title="additional">additionally</a> (with following accusative) <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/mathematics" title="mathematics">mathematics</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/%2B" title="+">+</a>, <a href="/wiki/add" title="add">added</a> to</li></ol></li> <li>particle <a href="/wiki/denote" title="denote">denoting</a> an <a href="/wiki/oath" title="oath">oath</a> (with following genitive) <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Arab mention e-example" lang="ar"><b>وَ</b>ٱللّٰهِ</i> ― <i lang="ar-Latn" class="e-transliteration tr Latn"><b>wa-</b>llāhi</i> ― <span class="e-translation"><b>By</b> God; <b>And</b> I swear by God</span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Arabic conjunctions and prepositions that have only one letter, such as <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar"><strong class="selflink">وَ</strong></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">wa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, are written as a prefix. <ul><li>The connection to the following word may however <i>exceptionally</i> be cut off by quotation marks enclosing foreign terms, emoji and similar intrusions of meta elements in the language of the internet.</li> <li>Sometimes editions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Shia_books" class="extiw" title="w:List of Shia books">Arabic texts</a> procured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" class="extiw" title="w:Islamic Republic of Iran">Iran</a> do not adhere to the rules, instead following the non-joining practice of <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Persian language">Persian</a></span> <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Persian">و</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">va, o</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">and</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.</li></ul></li> <li>Arabic tends to use the conjunctions <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar"><strong class="selflink">وَ</strong></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">wa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> and <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88#Arabic" title="أو">أَو</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">ʔaw</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">or</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> between every <a href="/wiki/conjunct" title="conjunct">conjunct</a> in a list, contrasting with the English tendency to use <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/and#English" title="and">and</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/or#English" title="or">or</a></i> only between the final two. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Arab mention e-example" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8#Arabic" title="كتاب">كُتُبٌ</a> <a href="/wiki/%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AF#Arabic" title="طرد"><b>وَ</b>طُرُودٌ</a> <a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%82#Arabic" title="ورق"><b>وَ</b>أَوْرَاقٌ</a></i><dl><dd><i lang="ar-Latn" class="e-transliteration tr Latn">kutubun <b>wa-</b>ṭurūdun <b>wa-</b>ʔawrāqun</i></dd><dd><span class="e-translation">books, parcels<span class="serial-comma">,</span> <b>and</b> papers</span></dd><dd>(literally, “<span class="e-literally">books <b>and</b> parcels <b>and</b> papers</span>”)</dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86#Arabic" title="ولكن">وَلٰكِنَّ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">wa-lākinna</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86#Arabic" title="ولكن">وَلٰكِنْ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">wa-lākin</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7#Arabic" title="ولا">وَلَا</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">wa-lā</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Arabic phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/wa/</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">MSA</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="Ar-و.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Ar-%D9%88.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/Ar-%D9%88.ogg/Ar-%D9%88.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Ar-%D9%88.ogg" title="File:Ar-و.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Preposition">Preposition</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Preposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="ar">وَ</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Arabic_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Arabic transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ar-Latn" class="headword-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">wa</span>)</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">with a following accusative</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/with" title="with">with</a> <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Arab mention e-example" lang="ar">سِرْتُ <b>وَ</b>طُلُوعَ الْفَجْرِ</i> ― <i lang="ar-Latn" class="e-transliteration tr Latn">sirtu <b>wa-</b>ṭulūʕa l-fajri</i> ― <span class="e-translation">I got out with sunrise.</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Arab mention e-example" lang="ar">أَنَا <b>وَ</b>إيّاكُم</i> ― <i lang="ar-Latn" class="e-transliteration tr Latn">ʔanā <b>wa-</b>ʔiyyākum</i> ― <span class="e-translation">I with you</span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Etymology 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Interfix">Interfix</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Interfix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="ar">ـَوـ</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Arabic_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Arabic transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ar-Latn" class="headword-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">-aw-</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/interfix" title="interfix">interfix</a> used in forming <a href="/wiki/nisba" title="nisba">nisba</a> (relative) adjectives, particularly with short bases, inserted between the base noun and the ending <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%8A#Arabic" title="ي">ِـيّ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-iyy</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, e.g. <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%8A#Arabic" title="لغوي">لُغَوِيّ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">luḡawiyy</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss"><a href="/wiki/linguistic" title="linguistic">linguistic</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, based on <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9#Arabic" title="لغة">لُغَة</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">luḡa</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss"><a href="/wiki/language" title="language">language</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, or <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A#Arabic" title="ثانوي">ثَانَوِيّ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">ṯānawiyy</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss"><a href="/wiki/secondary" title="secondary">secondary</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, based on <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86#Arabic" title="ثان">ثَانٍ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">ṯānin</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss"><a href="/wiki/second" title="second">second</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Balti">Balti</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Balti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balti_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Balti phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/w/</span>, <span class="IPA">[w]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Letter_2">Letter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab fa-Arab headword" lang="bft">و</strong> (<span lang="bft-Latn" class="headword-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr"><small>transliteration needed</small></span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The forty-second <a href="/wiki/letter" title="letter">letter</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Balti" title="Balti">Balti</a> <a href="/wiki/alphabet" title="alphabet">alphabet</a>, written in the <a href="/wiki/Perso-Arabic" title="Perso-Arabic">Perso-Arabic</a> <a href="/wiki/script" title="script">script</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Burushaski">Burushaski</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Burushaski"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_5">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burushaski_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Burushaski phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/w/</span>, <span class="IPA">/oː/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Letter_3">Letter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="bsk">و</strong> (<span lang="bsk-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">w</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The forty-second <a href="/wiki/letter" title="letter">letter</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Burushaski" title="Burushaski">Burushaski</a> <a href="/wiki/alphabet" title="alphabet">alphabet</a>, written in the <a href="/wiki/Perso-Arabic" title="Perso-Arabic">Perso-Arabic</a> <a href="/wiki/script" title="script">script</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Central_Kurdish">Central Kurdish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Central Kurdish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_6">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">name of letter</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Kurdish_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Central Kurdish phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[waw]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">phoneme</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Kurdish_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Central Kurdish phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[w, u]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Letter_4">Letter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="ckb"><b>و</b>/<b>ـوـ</b>/<b> ‍وـ</b>/<b>ـو</b></strong> (<span lang="ckb-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">w, u</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">The thirtieth letter of the Kurdish-Arabic alphabet, pronounced <span class="IPA">[w]</span> or <span class="IPA">[u]</span></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D9%88%DB%95#Central_Kurdish" title="وە">وە</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">we</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conjunction_2">Conjunction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab ku-Arab headword" lang="ckb">و</strong> (<span lang="ckb-Latn" class="headword-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">û</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Forms">Forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Isolated form</th> <th>Final form </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:300%; text-align:center; line-height:100%; font-family: Scheherazade, Lateef;"> <td>و</td> <td>ـو </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also_2">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Previous letter: <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D9%87#Central_Kurdish" title="ه">ه</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">hi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Next letter: <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88#Central_Kurdish" title="وو">وو</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">wu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>(<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Arabic_script" title="Appendix:Arabic script">Sorani script letters</a></i>) <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%A6%D9%80&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ئـ (page does not exist)">ئـ</a></span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A7#Central_Kurdish" title="ا">ا</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">a</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A8#Central_Kurdish" title="ب">ب</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">bi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D9%BE#Central_Kurdish" title="پ">پ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">pi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AA#Central_Kurdish" title="ت">ت</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">ti</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AC#Central_Kurdish" title="ج">ج</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">ci</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%DA%86#Central_Kurdish" title="چ">چ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">çi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AD#Central_Kurdish" title="ح">ح</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḧi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AE#Central_Kurdish" title="خ">خ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">xi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AF#Central_Kurdish" title="د">د</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">di</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B1#Central_Kurdish" title="ر">ر</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">ri</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%DA%95#Central_Kurdish" title="ڕ">ڕ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">ri</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B2#Central_Kurdish" title="ز">ز</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">zi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%DA%98#Central_Kurdish" title="ژ">ژ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">ji</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B3#Central_Kurdish" title="س">س</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">si</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B4#Central_Kurdish" title="ش">ش</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">şi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B9#Central_Kurdish" title="ع">ع</a></span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D8%BA#Central_Kurdish" title="غ">غ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">ẍi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D9%81#Central_Kurdish" title="ف">ف</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">fi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%DA%A4#Central_Kurdish" title="ڤ">ڤ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">vi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D9%82#Central_Kurdish" title="ق">ق</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">qi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%DA%A9#Central_Kurdish" title="ک">ک</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">ki</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%DA%AF#Central_Kurdish" title="گ">گ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">gi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D9%84#Central_Kurdish" title="ل">ل</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">li</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%DA%B5#Central_Kurdish" title="ڵ">ڵ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">lli</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D9%85#Central_Kurdish" title="م">م</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">mi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D9%86#Central_Kurdish" title="ن">ن</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">ni</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%DA%BE#Central_Kurdish" title="ھ">ھ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">hi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%DB%81#Central_Kurdish" title="ہ">ہ</a></span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><strong class="selflink">و</strong></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">û</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88#Central_Kurdish" title="وو">وو</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">wu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%DB%86#Central_Kurdish" title="ۆ">ۆ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">o</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%D9%89#Central_Kurdish" title="ى">ى</a></span>, <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/wiki/%DB%8E#Central_Kurdish" title="ێ">ێ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">ê</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chagatai">Chagatai</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Chagatai"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Persian language">Classical Persian</a></span> <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Persian">و</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">wa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Persian">Middle Persian</a></span> <i class="Phli mention" lang="pal"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%F0%90%AD%A0%F0%90%AD%A5%F0%90%AD%A3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="𐭠𐭥𐭣 (page does not exist)">𐭠𐭥𐭣</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="pal-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">ʾʿd</span> <span class="ts mention-ts Latn">/⁠ud⁠/</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <i class="Phli mention" lang="pal"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%F0%90%AD%A0%F0%90%AD%A5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="𐭠𐭥 (page does not exist)">𐭠𐭥</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="pal-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">ʾʿ</span> <span class="ts mention-ts Latn">/⁠u⁠/</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Old Persian">Old Persian</a></span> <i class="Xpeo mention" lang="peo"><a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8E%A2%F0%90%8E%AB%F0%90%8E%A0#Old_Persian" title="𐎢𐎫𐎠">𐎢𐎫𐎠</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="peo-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">u-t-a</span> <span class="ts mention-ts Latn">/⁠utā⁠/</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">and</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-Iranian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-Iranian language">Proto-Indo-Iranian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="iir-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hut%C3%A1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hutá (page does not exist)">*(H)utá</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="iir-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hu (page does not exist)">*(H)u</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h%E2%82%82ew" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ew">*h₂u</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conjunction_3">Conjunction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="chg">و</strong> (<span lang="chg-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">vä</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Uyghur:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style> <dl><dd>Arabic script: <span class="Arab ug-Arab" lang="ug"><a href="/wiki/%DB%8B%DB%95#Uyghur" title="ۋە">ۋە</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ug-Latn" class="tr Latn">we</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></dd> <dd>Cyrillic script: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ug"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D3%99#Uyghur" title="вә">вә</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ug-Latn" class="tr Latn">we</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></dd></dl></li> <li>Uzbek:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"> <dl><dd>Cyrillic script: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uz"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B0#Uzbek" title="ва">ва</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></dd> <dd>Latin script: <span class="Latn" lang="uz"><a href="/wiki/va#Uzbek" title="va">va</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></dd></dl></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hijazi_Arabic">Hijazi Arabic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Hijazi Arabic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_2">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_7">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">letter name</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Hijazi_Arabic_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Hijazi Arabic pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/waːw/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">phonemes</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Hijazi_Arabic_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Hijazi Arabic pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/w/</span>, <span class="IPA">/uː/</span>, <span class="IPA">/oː/</span>, <span class="IPA">/u/</span> (word-final)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Letter_5">Letter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="acw"><b>و </b></strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Hijazi_Arabic_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Hijazi Arabic transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="acw-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">wāw</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The twenty-seventh letter of the <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> alphabet. It is preceded by <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D9%87#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ه">ه</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">hāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> and followed by <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D9%8A#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ي">ي</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">yāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Forms_2">Forms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Isolated form</th> <th>Final form </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:300%; text-align:center; line-height:100%; font-family: Scheherazade, Lateef;"> <td>و</td> <td>ـو </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="See_also_3">See also</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>(<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Arabic_script" title="Appendix:Arabic script">Arabic script letters</a></i>) <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A7#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ا">ا</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">ʔalif</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A8#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ب">ب</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">bāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AA#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ت">ت</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">tāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AB#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ث">ث</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">ṯāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AC#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ج">ج</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">jīm</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AD#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ح">ح</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḥāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AE#Hijazi_Arabic" title="خ">خ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḵāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AF#Hijazi_Arabic" title="د">د</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">dāl</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B0#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ذ">ذ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḏāl</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B1#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ر">ر</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">rāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B2#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ز">ز</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">zāy</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B3#Hijazi_Arabic" title="س">س</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">sīn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B4#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ش">ش</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">šīn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B5#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ص">ص</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">ṣād</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B6#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ض">ض</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḍād</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B7#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ط">ط</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">ṭāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B8#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ظ">ظ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">ẓāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B9#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ع">ع</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">ʕēn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D8%BA#Hijazi_Arabic" title="غ">غ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḡēn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D9%81#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ف">ف</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">fāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D9%82#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ق">ق</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">gāf</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D9%83#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ك">ك</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">kāf</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D9%84#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ل">ل</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">lām</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D9%85#Hijazi_Arabic" title="م">م</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">mīm</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D9%86#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ن">ن</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">nūn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D9%87#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ه">هـ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">hāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><strong class="selflink">و</strong></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">wāw</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="acw"><a href="/wiki/%D9%8A#Hijazi_Arabic" title="ي">ي</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="acw-Latn" class="tr Latn">yāʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic" class="extiw" title="w:Arabic">Arabic</a></span> <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Arabic">وَ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">wa</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">and</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_8">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Hijazi_Arabic_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Hijazi Arabic pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/u/</span>, <span class="IPA">/w-/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Conjunction_4">Conjunction</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="acw">و</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Hijazi_Arabic_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Hijazi Arabic transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="acw-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">u-</span> <i>or</i> <span lang="acw-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">w-</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kashmiri">Kashmiri</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Kashmiri"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_9">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">letter name</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmiri_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Kashmiri phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/waːw/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">phoneme</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmiri_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Kashmiri phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/w/</span>, <span class="IPA">/oː/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Letter_6">Letter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab ks-Arab headword" lang="ks">و</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Kashmiri_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Kashmiri transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ks-Latn" class="headword-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">v</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The thirty-ninth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of <a href="/wiki/Kashmiri" title="Kashmiri">Kashmiri</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Forms_3">Forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Isolated form</th> <th>Final form </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:300%; text-align:center; line-height:100%; font-family: Scheherazade, Lateef;"> <td>و</td> <td>ـو </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also_4">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Previous letter: <span class="Arab ks-Arab" lang="ks"><a href="/wiki/%D9%86#Kashmiri" title="ن">ن</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ks-Latn" class="tr Latn">n</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Next letter: <span class="Arab ks-Arab" lang="ks"><a href="/wiki/%DB%81#Kashmiri" title="ہ">ہ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ks-Latn" class="tr Latn">h</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kazakh">Kazakh</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Kazakh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="floatright wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="min-width:13em">Alternative scripts </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_alphabets#Arabic_script" class="extiw" title="w:Kazakh alphabets">Arabic</a> </th> <td><span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><strong class="selflink">و</strong></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="min-width:4em;max-width:7em"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_alphabets#Cyrillic_script" class="extiw" title="w:Kazakh alphabets">Cyrillic</a> </th> <td><span class="Cyrl" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%9E#Kazakh" title="О">О</a>, <a href="/wiki/%D0%BE#Kazakh" title="о">о</a>/<a href="/wiki/%D3%A8#Kazakh" title="Ө">Ө</a>, <a href="/wiki/%D3%A9#Kazakh" title="ө">ө</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_alphabets#Latin_script" class="extiw" title="w:Kazakh alphabets">Latin</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/O#Kazakh" title="O">O</a>, <a href="/wiki/o#Kazakh" title="o">o</a>/<a href="/wiki/%C3%96#Kazakh" title="Ö">Ö</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%B6#Kazakh" title="ö">ö</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%C3%B1alif" class="extiw" title="w:Yañalif">Yañalif</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/O#Kazakh" title="O">O</a>, <a href="/wiki/o#Kazakh" title="o">o</a>/<a href="/wiki/%C6%9F#Kazakh" title="Ɵ">Ɵ</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C9%B5#Kazakh" title="ɵ">ɵ</a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_10">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">letter name</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Kazakh phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/waw/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">phoneme</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Kazakh phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/o/</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">back</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">phoneme</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Kazakh phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ɵ/</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">front</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Letter_7">Letter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab kk-Arab headword" lang="kk">و</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Kazakh_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Kazakh transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="kk-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">o, ö</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The twenty-fourth letter of the <a href="/wiki/Kazakh" title="Kazakh">Kazakh</a> in Arabic Script. It represents the <a href="/wiki/Cyrillic" title="Cyrillic">Cyrillic</a> letter <a href="/wiki/%D0%9E" title="О">О</a> or <a href="/wiki/%D3%A8" title="Ө">Ө</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Forms_4">Forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Isolated form</th> <th>Final form </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:300%; text-align:center; line-height:100%; font-family: Scheherazade, Lateef;"> <td>و</td> <td>ـو </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes_2">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Represents the back vowel phoneme /o/, unless a small <a href="/wiki/%D9%B4" title="ٴ">ء</a> (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 <a href="/wiki/%D9%B6" title="ٶ">ٶ</a> is used.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also_5">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D9%B6#Kazakh" title="ٶ">ٶ</a></span> (front vowel, word initial)</li> <li>Previous letter: <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%DA%BE#Kazakh" title="ھ">ھ</a></span></li> <li>Next letter: <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%DB%87#Kazakh" title="ۇ">ۇ</a></span></li> <li>(<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Kazakh_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Appendix:Kazakh alphabet">Arabic script letters</a></i>) <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A7#Kazakh" title="ا">ا</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A8#Kazakh" title="ب">ب</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D9%BE#Kazakh" title="پ">پ</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AA#Kazakh" title="ت">ت</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AC#Kazakh" title="ج">ج</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%DA%86#Kazakh" title="چ">چ</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AD#Kazakh" title="ح">ح</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AF#Kazakh" title="د">د</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B1#Kazakh" title="ر">ر</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B2#Kazakh" title="ز">ز</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B3#Kazakh" title="س">س</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B4#Kazakh" title="ش">ش</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B9#Kazakh" title="ع">ع</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D9%81#Kazakh" title="ف">ف</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D9%82#Kazakh" title="ق">ق</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D9%83#Kazakh" title="ك">ك</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%DA%AF#Kazakh" title="گ">گ</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%DA%AD#Kazakh" title="ڭ">ڭ</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D9%84#Kazakh" title="ل">ل</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D9%85#Kazakh" title="م">م</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D9%86#Kazakh" title="ن">ن</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%DB%95#Kazakh" title="ە">ە</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%DA%BE#Kazakh" title="ھ">ھ</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><strong class="selflink">و</strong></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%DB%87#Kazakh" title="ۇ">ۇ</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%DB%8B#Kazakh" title="ۋ">ۋ</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%DB%86#Kazakh" title="ۆ">ۆ</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D9%89#Kazakh" title="ى">ى</a></span>, <span class="Arab kk-Arab" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D9%8A#Kazakh" title="ي">ي</a></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Malay">Malay</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Malay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Malay <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ms:%D9%88" class="extiw" title="w:ms:و">و</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ms:%D9%88" class="extiw" title="w:ms:و">Wikipedia <sup>ms</sup></a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_11">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent">Name of letter</span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Malay_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Malay pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[wau̯]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent">Phoneme, Consonant</span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Malay_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Malay pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[w]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent">Phoneme, Consonant, Syllable initial, obsolete</span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Malay_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Malay pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[w]</span>, <span class="IPA">[v]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent">Phoneme, Consonant, Syllable final, obsolete</span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Malay_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Malay pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[w]</span>, <span class="IPA">[f]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent">Phoneme, Vowel</span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Malay_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Malay pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[u]</span>, <span class="IPA">[o]</span>, <span class="IPA">[ɔ]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent">Phoneme, Vowel, Closed ultima</span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Malay_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Malay pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[o]</span>, <span class="IPA">[ɔ]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Letter_8">Letter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="ms"><b>و </b>/<b> ‍و</b></strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">The thirtieth <a href="/wiki/letter" title="letter">letter</a> of the Malay <a href="/wiki/alphabet" title="alphabet">alphabet</a>, written in the <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Arabic_script" title="Appendix:Arabic script">Arabic script</a>.</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also_6">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>(<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Arabic_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Appendix:Arabic alphabet">Arabic script letters</a></i>) <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A7#Malay" title="ا">ا</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A8#Malay" title="ب">ب</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AA#Malay" title="ت">ت</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A9#Malay" title="ة">ة</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AB#Malay" title="ث">ث</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AC#Malay" title="ج">ج</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%DA%86#Malay" title="چ">چ</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AD#Malay" title="ح">ح</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AE#Malay" title="خ">خ</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AF#Malay" title="د">د</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B0#Malay" title="ذ">ذ</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B1#Malay" title="ر">ر</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B2#Malay" title="ز">ز</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B3#Malay" title="س">س</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B4#Malay" title="ش">ش</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B5#Malay" title="ص">ص</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B6#Malay" title="ض">ض</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B7#Malay" title="ط">ط</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B8#Malay" title="ظ">ظ</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B9#Malay" title="ع">ع</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%BA#Malay" title="غ">غ</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%DA%A0#Malay" title="ڠ">ڠ</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D9%81#Malay" title="ف">ف</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%DA%A4#Malay" title="ڤ">ڤ</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D9%82#Malay" title="ق">ق</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%DA%A9#Malay" title="ک">ک</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%DD%A2#Malay" title="ݢ">ݢ</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D9%84#Malay" title="ل">ل</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D9%85#Malay" title="م">م</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D9%86#Malay" title="ن">ن</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><strong class="selflink">و</strong></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%DB%8F#Malay" title="ۏ">ۏ</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D9%87#Malay" title="ه">ه</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A1#Malay" title="ء">ء</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D9%8A#Malay" title="ي">ي</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D9%89#Malay" title="ى">ى</a></span>,‎ <span class="Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%DA%BD#Malay" title="ڽ">ڽ</a></span>  <sup class="plainlinks">[<a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Template:list:Arabic_script_letters/ms&action=edit">edit</a>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_Levantine_Arabic">North Levantine Arabic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: North Levantine Arabic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Suffix">Suffix</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Suffix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="apc">ـو</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:North_Levantine_Arabic_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:North Levantine Arabic transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="apc-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">-o/-u</span>) <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative spelling of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Arab mention" lang="apc"><a href="/wiki/%D9%87#North_Levantine_Arabic" title="ه">ـه</a></i></span></span> <span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">after a consonant</span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ottoman_Turkish">Ottoman Turkish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Ottoman Turkish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_3">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Letter_9">Letter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab ota-Arab headword" lang="ota">و</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Ottoman_Turkish_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Ottoman Turkish transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ota-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">vav</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_3">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic" class="extiw" title="w:Arabic">Arabic</a></span> <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Arabic">وَ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">wa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Conjunction_5">Conjunction</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab ota-Arab headword" lang="ota">و</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Ottoman_Turkish_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Ottoman Turkish transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ota-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">ve</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Descendants_2">Descendants</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/ve#Turkish" title="ve">ve</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevan_Ni%C5%9Fanyan" class="extiw" title="w:Sevan Nişanyan">Nişanyan, Sevan</a> (<span class="None" lang="und">2002–</span>) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=ve&x=0&y=0"><span class="Latn" lang="tr">ve</span></a>”, in <cite>Nişanyan Sözlük</cite></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Redhouse" class="extiw" title="w:James Redhouse">Redhouse, James W.</a> (<span class="None" lang="und">1890</span>) “<span class="Arab ota-Arab" lang="ota">و</span>”, in <cite>A Turkish and English Lexicon</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/ATurkishAndEnglishLexicon">[1]</a></sup>, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mms7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA2119">page <span class="None" lang="und">2119</span></a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pashto">Pashto</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: Pashto"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_12">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=68" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">letter name</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Pashto_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Pashto pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/wɑw/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">phoneme</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Pashto_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Pashto pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/w/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Letter_10">Letter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=69" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab ps-Arab headword" lang="ps">و</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Pashto_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Pashto transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ps-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">wâw</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The thirty-eighth letter of the <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Pashto_alphabet" title="Appendix:Pashto alphabet">Pashto alphabet</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Forms_5">Forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=70" title="Edit section: Forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Isolated form</th> <th>Final form </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:300%; text-align:center; line-height:100%; font-family: Scheherazade, Lateef;"> <td>و</td> <td>ـو </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also_7">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=71" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Previous letter: <span class="Arab ps-Arab" lang="ps"><a href="/wiki/%DA%BC#Pashto" title="ڼ">ڼ</a></span></li> <li>Next letter: <span class="Arab ps-Arab" lang="ps"><a href="/wiki/%D9%87#Pashto" title="ه">ه</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Persian">Persian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=72" title="Edit section: Persian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_13">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=73" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari" class="extiw" title="w:Dari">Dari</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/wɑːw/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Iranian Persian">Iran</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/vɑːv/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Letter_11">Letter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=74" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab fa-Arab headword" lang="fa"><b>و </b>/<b> وـ </b>/<b> ـوـ </b>/<b> ـو</b></strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Persian_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Persian transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="fa-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">vâv</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The thirtieth letter of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perso-Arabic_alphabet" class="extiw" title="w:Perso-Arabic alphabet">Perso-Arabic alphabet</a>. It is preceded by <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D9%86#Persian" title="ن">ن</a></span> and followed by <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D9%87#Persian" title="ه">ه</a></span>. Its name is <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88#Persian" title="واو">واو</a></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also_8">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=75" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_alphabet" class="extiw" title="w:Persian alphabet">Wikipedia article on the Persian alphabet</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_4">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=76" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><ul id="Persian:_and"></ul> <p>Both <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">inherited</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Persian">Middle Persian</a></span> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic" class="extiw" title="w:Arabic">Arabic</a></span>, hence the multiple pronunciations: </p> <ul><li>Pronunciation 1: From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Persian">Middle Persian</a></span> <i class="Phli mention" lang="pal"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%F0%90%AD%A0%F0%90%AD%A5%F0%90%AD%A3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="𐭠𐭥𐭣 (page does not exist)">𐭠𐭥𐭣</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="pal-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">ʾʿd</span> <span class="ts mention-ts Latn">/⁠ud⁠/</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <i class="Phli mention" lang="pal"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%F0%90%AD%A0%F0%90%AD%A5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="𐭠𐭥 (page does not exist)">𐭠𐭥</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="pal-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">ʾʿ</span> <span class="ts mention-ts Latn">/⁠u⁠/</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>; from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Old Persian">Old Persian</a></span> <i class="Xpeo mention" lang="peo"><a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8E%A2%F0%90%8E%AB%F0%90%8E%A0#Old_Persian" title="𐎢𐎫𐎠">𐎢𐎫𐎠</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="peo-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">u-t-a</span> <span class="ts mention-ts Latn">/⁠utā⁠/</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">and</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-Iranian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-Iranian language">Proto-Indo-Iranian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="iir-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hut%C3%A1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hutá (page does not exist)">*(H)utá</a></i>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="iir-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hu (page does not exist)">*(H)u</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h%E2%82%82ew" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ew">*h₂u</a></i>.</li> <li>Pronunciation 2: From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic" class="extiw" title="w:Arabic">Arabic</a></span> <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Arabic">وَ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">wa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Semitic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Semitic language">Proto-Semitic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/wa" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/wa">*wa</a></i>. Also the etymology of the written form.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_14">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=77" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Pronunciation 1</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> </p><div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Classical Persian">Classical Persian</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[‿u]</span></li></ul></div> <div class="vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="pronunciations" style="width: 40em; max-width:100%;"><span class="vsToggleElement" style="float: right;"> </span> <div class="vsShow" style="display:none"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Dari Persian">Dari, formal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[‿ʊ]</span></li></ul></div> <div class="vsHide"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Dari Persian">Dari, formal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[‿ʊ]</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari#South-Eastern" class="extiw" title="w:Dari">Kabuli</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[‿ʊ]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazaragi_dialect" class="extiw" title="w:Hazaragi dialect">Hazaragi</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[‿u]</span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div> <div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Iranian Persian">Iran, formal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[‿o]</span></li></ul></div> <div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajik_language" class="extiw" title="w:Tajik language">Tajik, formal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[‿u]</span></li></ul></div> <p><span></span> </p> <table class="fa-IPA mw-collapsed mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Readings </th></tr> <tr> <th>Classical reading<sup><small><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Persian_transliteration/Classical" title="Wiktionary:Persian transliteration/Classical">?</a></small></sup> </th> <td>‿u </td></tr> <tr> <th>Dari reading<sup><small><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Persian_transliteration/Classical" title="Wiktionary:Persian transliteration/Classical">?</a></small></sup> </th> <td>‿u </td></tr> <tr> <th>Iranian reading<sup><small><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Persian_transliteration/Iranian" title="Wiktionary:Persian transliteration/Iranian">?</a></small></sup> </th> <td>‿o </td></tr> <tr> <th>Tajik reading<sup><small><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Tajik_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Tajik transliteration">?</a></small></sup> </th> <td>‿u </td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81585489">.mw-parser-output table.fa-IPA{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);min-width:13em;display:table}.mw-parser-output table.fa-IPA th{padding:.4em;color:var(--wikt-palette-black,#000);text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output table.fa-IPA td{padding:.4em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .fa-IPA__pp{font-size:110%}.mw-parser-output .fa-IPA__pp b{font-size:inherit;color:#BF0218}</style> <ul><li><link 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/Fa-%D9%88.ogg/Fa-%D9%88.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Fa-%D9%88.ogg" title="File:Fa-و.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <p><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Pronunciation 2</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> </p><div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Classical Persian">Classical Persian</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[wa]</span></li></ul></div> <div class="vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="pronunciations" style="width: 40em; max-width:100%;"><span class="vsToggleElement" style="float: right;"> </span> <div class="vsShow" style="display:none"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Dari Persian">Dari, formal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[wä]</span></li></ul></div> <div class="vsHide"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Dari Persian">Dari, formal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[wä]</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari#South-Eastern" class="extiw" title="w:Dari">Kabuli</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[wä]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazaragi_dialect" class="extiw" title="w:Hazaragi dialect">Hazaragi</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[wä]</span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div> <div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Iranian Persian">Iran, formal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[ʋæ]</span></li></ul></div> <div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajik_language" class="extiw" title="w:Tajik language">Tajik, formal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[vä]</span></li></ul></div> <p><span></span> </p> <table class="fa-IPA mw-collapsed mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Readings </th></tr> <tr> <th>Classical reading<sup><small><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Persian_transliteration/Classical" title="Wiktionary:Persian transliteration/Classical">?</a></small></sup> </th> <td>wa </td></tr> <tr> <th>Dari reading<sup><small><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Persian_transliteration/Classical" title="Wiktionary:Persian transliteration/Classical">?</a></small></sup> </th> <td>wa </td></tr> <tr> <th>Iranian reading<sup><small><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Persian_transliteration/Iranian" title="Wiktionary:Persian transliteration/Iranian">?</a></small></sup> </th> <td>ʋa </td></tr> <tr> <th>Tajik reading<sup><small><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Tajik_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Tajik transliteration">?</a></small></sup> </th> <td>va </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81585489"> <ul><li>Both pronunciations are generally interchangeable, with pronunciation 1 being more common in context and pronunciation 2 being more common in formal speech, after a pause and/or for emphasis.</li> <li>In poetry, both pronunciations are used based on rhyme, but pronunciation 1 is used more often.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Conjunction_6">Conjunction</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=78" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="floatright wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Dari </th> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><strong class="selflink">و</strong></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Iranian Persian </th></tr> <tr> <th>Tajik </th> <td><span class="Cyrl" lang="tg"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83#Tajik" title="у">у</a>, <a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B0#Tajik" title="ва">ва</a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab fa-Arab headword" lang="fa">و</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Persian_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Persian transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="fa-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">o, va</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a> <ul><li><b>21st century</b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Farrokhi_Yazdi" class="extiw" title="w:Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi">Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi</a> <dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Arab fa-Arab e-quotation" lang="fa">گر چه جیب و جام من از مال <b>و</b> مِی تُهیست.</span><dl><dd><i lang="fa-Latn" class="e-transliteration tr Latn">Gar če jib <b>o</b> jām-e man az māl o mey tohist.</i></dd><dd><span class="e-translation">Although my pocket <b>and</b> my cup are empty of money and wine.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Usage_notes_3">Usage notes</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=79" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In the contemporary spelling of Persian, the <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><strong class="selflink">و</strong></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">va</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> conjunction is not joined to the following word. However, the practice of joining the conjunction to the following word, as it is in Arabic, was not uncommon in early classical texts.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Descendants_3">Descendants</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=80" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Hindustani:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"> <dl><dd>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B5#Hindi" title="व">व</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">va</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></dd> <dd>Urdu: <span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ur"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Urdu">و</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ur-Latn" class="tr Latn">va, o</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Marathi: <span class="Deva" lang="mr"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B5#Marathi" title="व">व</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mr-Latn" class="tr Latn">va</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_4">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=81" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>See the etymology of the corresponding <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#lemma" title="Appendix:Glossary">lemma</a> form. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms_2">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=82" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88#Persian" title="رو">رو</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">ro</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">between vowels</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_15">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=83" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Persian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Persian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/o/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Particle">Particle</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=84" title="Edit section: Particle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab fa-Arab headword" lang="fa">و</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Persian_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Persian transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="fa-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">-o</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Persian" class="extiw" title="w:Iranian Persian">Iran</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">Colloquial</a> form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7#Persian" title="را">را</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">rā</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Arab fa-Arab mention e-example" lang="fa">دستت<b>و</b> بلند کن.</i><dl><dd><i lang="fa-Latn" class="e-transliteration tr Latn">dastet<b>o</b> boland kon.</i></dd><dd><span class="e-translation">Raise your hand.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="South_Levantine_Arabic">South Levantine Arabic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=85" title="Edit section: South Levantine Arabic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_16">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=86" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Levantine_Arabic_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:South Levantine Arabic phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/w/</span>, <span class="IPA">[w]</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Arabic#Palestinian_urban_dialects" class="extiw" title="w:Palestinian Arabic">Ramallah</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_3" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="LL-Q55633582_(ajp)-AdrianAbdulBaha-و.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q55633582_%28ajp%29-AdrianAbdulBaha-%D9%88.wav/LL-Q55633582_%28ajp%29-AdrianAbdulBaha-%D9%88.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q55633582_%28ajp%29-AdrianAbdulBaha-%D9%88.wav/LL-Q55633582_%28ajp%29-AdrianAbdulBaha-%D9%88.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/LL-Q55633582_%28ajp%29-AdrianAbdulBaha-%D9%88.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q55633582_(ajp)-AdrianAbdulBaha-%D9%88.wav" title="File:LL-Q55633582 (ajp)-AdrianAbdulBaha-و.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_5">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=87" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic" class="extiw" title="w:Arabic">Arabic</a></span> <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Arabic">وَ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">wa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Conjunction_7">Conjunction</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=88" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="ajp">و</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:South_Levantine_Arabic_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:South Levantine Arabic transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ajp-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">w-</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/when" title="when">when</a>, <a href="/wiki/while" title="while">while</a> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Arab" lang="ajp"><a href="/wiki/%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7#South_Levantine_Arabic" title="لما">لما</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ajp-Latn" class="tr Latn">lamma</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Arab mention e-example" lang="ajp"><a href="/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86#South_Levantine_Arabic" title="مبين">مبيّن</a> <a href="/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%86%D9%87#South_Levantine_Arabic" title="إنه">إنّك</a> <a href="/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B7#South_Levantine_Arabic" title="مبسوط">مبسوط</a> <strong class="selflink">و</strong><a href="/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7#South_Levantine_Arabic" class="mw-redirect" title="إنتا">إنتا</a> <a href="/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85#South_Levantine_Arabic" title="علم">بتعلّم</a>.</i><dl><dd><i lang="ajp-Latn" class="e-transliteration tr Latn">mbayyen ʔinnak mabsūṭ <b>w</b>-inta bitʕallem</i></dd><dd><span class="e-translation">It's clear that you're happy <b>when</b> you're teaching.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Usage_notes_4">Usage notes</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=89" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The pronunciation varies by phonological context. It becomes <b>u-</b> before a single consonant (optional if the preceding word ends in a vowel) and <b>we-</b> before a consonant cluster.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_5">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=90" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Suffix_2">Suffix</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=91" title="Edit section: Suffix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="ajp">ـو</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:South_Levantine_Arabic_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:South Levantine Arabic transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ajp-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">-o</span>) <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative spelling of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Arab mention" lang="ajp"><a href="/wiki/%D9%87#South_Levantine_Arabic" title="ه">ـه</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">he, him, his</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span> <span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">after a consonant</span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3_2">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=92" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Suffix_3">Suffix</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=93" title="Edit section: Suffix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="ajp">ـو</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:South_Levantine_Arabic_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:South Levantine Arabic transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ajp-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">-o</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">attached to kinship terms in order to form terms of endearment</span></span> <dl><dd><i class="Arab mention" lang="ajp"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%AF#South_Levantine_Arabic" title="جد">جدّ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ajp-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">jidd</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">grandfather</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> → <i class="Arab mention" lang="ajp"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%88#South_Levantine_Arabic" title="جدو">جدّو</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ajp-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">jiddo</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">grandpa</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd><i class="Arab mention" lang="ajp"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A9#South_Levantine_Arabic" title="عمة">عمّة</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ajp-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">ʕamme</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">aunt</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> → <i class="Arab mention" lang="ajp"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88#South_Levantine_Arabic" title="عمتو">عمتو</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ajp-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">ʕamto</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">auntie</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tunisian_Arabic">Tunisian Arabic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=94" title="Edit section: Tunisian Arabic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conjunction_8">Conjunction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=95" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="aeb"><b>و</b></strong> (<span lang="aeb-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">u</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a> <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Arab mention e-example" lang="aeb">حَاجْتِي بْقْلَمْ <b>و</b>كَرّاسَة</i> ― <i lang="aeb-Latn" class="e-transliteration tr Latn">ḥājtī b-qlam <b>u</b> karrāsa</i> ― <span class="e-translation">I need a pencil <b>and</b> a copy-book.</span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Urdu">Urdu</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=96" title="Edit section: Urdu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_6">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=97" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_17">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=98" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">letter name</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu#Phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Urdu">Standard Urdu</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Urdu phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ʋɑːʋ/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">phoneme</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu#Phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Urdu">Standard Urdu</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Urdu phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ʋ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/uː/</span>, <span class="IPA">/oː/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ɔː/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Letter_12">Letter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=99" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab ur-Arab headword" lang="ur">و</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Urdu_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Urdu transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ur-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">vāv</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The thirty-third letter of the <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> abjad.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Forms_6">Forms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=100" title="Edit section: Forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Isolated form</th> <th>Final form </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:300%; text-align:center; line-height:100%; font-family: Scheherazade, Lateef;"> <td>و</td> <td>ـو </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="See_also_9">See also</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=101" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Previous letter: <span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ur"><a href="/wiki/%DA%BA#Urdu" title="ں">ں</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ur-Latn" class="tr Latn">̃</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Next letter: <span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ur"><a href="/wiki/%DB%81#Urdu" title="ہ">ہ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ur-Latn" class="tr Latn">h</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_6">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=102" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Persian language">Classical Persian</a></span> <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Persian">و</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">wa, u</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_18">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=103" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu#Phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Urdu">Standard Urdu</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Urdu phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ʋə/</span>, <span class="IPA">/oː/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Conjunction_9">Conjunction</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=104" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab ur-Arab headword" lang="ur">و</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Urdu_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Urdu transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="ur-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">va, o</span>) (<i>Hindi spelling</i> <b class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B5#Hindi" title="व">व</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/and" title="and">and</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ushojo">Ushojo</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=105" title="Edit section: Ushojo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_19">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=106" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">letter name</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushojo_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ushojo phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/wɑːw/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">phoneme</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushojo_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ushojo phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/w~v/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Letter_13">Letter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=107" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab ur-Arab headword" lang="ush">و</strong> (<span lang="ush-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">wāw</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The thirty-ninth of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ushojo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ushojo (page does not exist)">Ushojo</a> abjad.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also_10">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=108" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Previous letter: <span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ush"><a href="/wiki/%D9%86#Ushojo" title="ن">ن</a></span></li> <li>Next letter: <span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ush"><a href="/wiki/%DB%81#Ushojo" title="ہ">ہ</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conjunction_10">Conjunction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=109" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab ur-Arab headword" lang="ush">و</strong> (<span lang="ush-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">va</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/or" title="or">or</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Yoruba">Yoruba</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=110" title="Edit section: Yoruba"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_20">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Yoruba phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/w/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Letter_14">Letter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=112" title="Edit section: Letter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Arab headword" lang="yo">و</strong> (<span lang="yo-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">w</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The twenty-fourth <a href="/wiki/letter" title="letter">letter</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Yoruba" title="Yoruba">Yoruba</a> alphabet in the <a href="/wiki/ajami" title="ajami">ajami</a> script, equivalent to Latin script <b><i class="Latn mention" lang="yo"><a href="/wiki/w#Yoruba" title="w">w</a></i></b>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Forms_7">Forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=113" title="Edit section: Forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Isolated form</th> <th>Final form </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:300%; text-align:center; line-height:100%; font-family: Scheherazade, Lateef;"> <td>و</td> <td>ـو </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also_11">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88&action=edit&section=114" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Previous letter: <span class="Arab" lang="yo"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8F#Yoruba" title="اُ">اُ</a></span></li> <li>Next letter: <span class="Arab" lang="yo"><a 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