វ

See also: វូ and វា

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

Khmer

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Letter

វ, ្វ • (vɔɔ)

1. twenty-ninth letter of the Cambodian alphabet

Usage notes

• This letter belongs to the Khmer o-series consonants

Etymology 2

Noun

វ • (vɔɔ)

1. palanquin

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• 𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms

• iva (Latin script)
• 𑀇𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• इव (Devanagari script)
• ইৰ (Bengali script)
• ඉව (Sinhalese script)
• ဣဝ or ဢိဝ (Burmese script)
• อิว or อิวะ (Thai script)
• ᩍᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິວ or ອິວະ (Lao script)
• ឥវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄨𑅇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From iva.

Particle

វ

1. Khmer script form of va (“like, as if”)