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)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vav
• → Classical Persian: وَاو (wāw)
  • Iranian Persian: واو (vâv)
  • Tajik: вов (vov)
• → Uzbek: vov

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) IPA^(key): [wɑːw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑːw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑːw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wäw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒːv]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔw]

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