و

Persian

/o/

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Definitions
  • The thirtieth letter of the -Arabic Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ن and followed by ه. Its name is واو.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭣 inherited from Old Persian 𐎢𐎫𐎠 (and) inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)utá, *Hutá derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew, *h₂u derived from Arabic وَ (and).

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Arabic

وَ

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