واو

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waːw/

Noun

وَاو • (wāw) f (plural وَاوَات‎ (wāwāt))

1. Name of the 27th letter of the Arabic alphabet (و / ‍و‎), representing the sound /w/.
2. Name of the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Declension

Declension of noun وَاو (wāw)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاو wāw	الْوَاو‎ al-wāw	وَاو wāw
Nominative	وَاوٌ wāwun	الْوَاوُ‎ al-wāwu	وَاوُ wāwu
Accusative	وَاوًا‎ wāwan	الْوَاوَ‎ al-wāwa	وَاوَ wāwa
Genitive	وَاوٍ wāwin	الْوَاوِ‎ al-wāwi	وَاوِ wāwi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاوَيْن‎ wāwayn	الْوَاوَيْن‎ al-wāwayn	وَاوَيْ‎ wāway
Nominative	وَاوَانِ‎ wāwāni	الْوَاوَانِ‎ al-wāwāni	وَاوَا‎ wāwā
Accusative	وَاوَيْنِ‎ wāwayni	الْوَاوَيْنِ‎ al-wāwayni	وَاوَيْ‎ wāway
Genitive	وَاوَيْنِ‎ wāwayni	الْوَاوَيْنِ‎ al-wāwayni	وَاوَيْ‎ wāway
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاوَات‎ wāwāt	الْوَاوَات‎ al-wāwāt	وَاوَات‎ wāwāt
Nominative	وَاوَاتٌ‎ wāwātun	الْوَاوَاتُ‎ al-wāwātu	وَاوَاتُ‎ wāwātu
Accusative	وَاوَاتٍ‎ wāwātin	الْوَاوَاتِ‎ al-wāwāti	وَاوَاتِ‎ wāwāti
Genitive	وَاوَاتٍ‎ wāwātin	الْوَاوَاتِ‎ al-wāwāti	وَاوَاتِ‎ wāwāti

Derived terms

• وَاو الْمَعِيَّة‎ (wāw al-maʕiyya)
• وَاو الْحَال‎ (wāw al-ḥāl)
• وَاو الثَّمَانِيَة‎ (wāw aṯ-ṯamāniya)
• وَاو الْجَمَاعَة‎ (wāw al-jamāʕa)

Proper noun

وَاو • (wāw) f

1. Wau (a city in South Sudan)

Malay

Noun

واو (plural واو-واو or واو۲‎, informal 1st possessive واوکو‎, 2nd possessive واومو‎, 3rd possessive واوڽ‎)

1. Jawi spelling of wau

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wɑːw]

 

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [wɑːw]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [wɑːw]
  • (Hazaragi/approx.) IPA^(key): [wäw]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [vɒːv]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [vɔw]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [واو]‎

Iranian: [واو]‎

Readings
Classical reading?	wāw
Dari reading?	wāw
Iranian reading?	vâv
Tajik reading?	vov

Noun

Dari	واو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	вов

واو • (vâw)

1. Arabic letter waw