| Isolated form |
Final form |
Medial form |
Initial form
|
| ۋ |
ـۋ |
ـۋ |
ۋ
|
← ﯝ [U+FBDD]
| Arabic Presentation Forms-A
| ﯟ → [U+FBDF]
|
|
← ﯞ [U+FBDE]
| Arabic Presentation Forms-A
| ﯠ → [U+FBE0]
|
|
Kazakh
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /waw ˌyʃ noˈqat/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /uw/, /ʊw/ (back)
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʉw/, /yw/ (front)
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /w/ (consonantal)
Letter
ۋ • (w) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent У or у)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ۇ and followed by ۆ.
Usage notes
- Represents the back vowel dipthong /uw/ or /ʊw/, unless a small ء (hamza) was placed in the beginning of the word. In Kazakh the Hamza marks that all vowels in the following word are fronted.
- The letter ۋ cannot act as a vowel in the beginning of a word or when it is written proceeding another vowel. When ۋ is unable to make a vowel sound, it becomes the consonant sound /w/.
See also
- Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي [edit]
Kyrgyz
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ve/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /v/
Letter
ۋ • (ve) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent В or в)
- The third letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
See also
- Arabic script letters: тамгалар (tamgalar) (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ﻥ, ﺕ, ﺝ, ﭺ, ﺡ, ﻑ, ﻕ, ﻉ, ك, گ, ڭ, ﻝ, ﻡ, و, ۅ, ۉ, ﯗ, ﯞ, ﺱ, ﺵ, ﺩ, ﺭ, ﺯ, ﻩ, ﻯ, ﺀ, ﺋ, ﻲ, ﻯ, ء, ۋ, ﻻ [edit]
Uyghur
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /we/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /w/
Letter
ۋ • (w) (no case)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ئۈ and followed by ئې.
Uzbek
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ve/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /v/
Letter
ۋ (v) (no case)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ۇ and followed by ي.