व

• IPA^(key): /ʋə/, /wə/, /və/ (may vary by language, dialect, context, etc.)

व (va)

1. the fourth semivowel of the Devanagari script

• Linguistically it is considered a labio-dental approximant.

Ligatures:

• द्व (dva): द +‎ व

• Devanagari script consonants: क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, ॸ, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, ॹ, झ़, ड़, ढ़, ष़, य़, ॺ, ऴ, ॻ, ॼ, ॾ, ॿ ^[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ʋə] (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

व • (va)

1. The ninth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋə/, [ʋɐ]

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَ (wa), from Arabic وَ (wa). Cognate with Marathi व (va).

व • (va) (Urdu spelling و)

1. (literary) and

   Synonyms: और (aur), तथा (tathā), एवं (evã)

   किताबें व पार्सल व काग़ज़ ― kitābẽ va pārsal va kāġaz ― books, parcels, and papers

व • (va)

1. the twenty-ninth consonant in Hindi

• Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ ^[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ʋə/

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व • (va)

1. The twenty-eighth consonant in Marathi.

Borrowed from Classical Persian و (wa, u), from Arabic وَ (wa, “and”). Cognate with Hindi व (va).

व • (va)

1. (literary) and

   Synonyms: आणि (āṇi), नि (ni), अन् (an)

• IPA^(key): [wʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: व

व • (wa)

1. The twenty-ninth consonant in Nepali.

• Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ऌ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ ^[edit]

व

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

व

1. Devanagari script form of va, sandhi form of एव (eva, “even”)

व m

1. Devanagari script form of va (“letter 'v'”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, स, ह, ळ, ं। इति व्यञ्जन नाम होन्ति।

     Ka, kha, ga, gha, ṅa, ca, cha, ja, jha, ña, ṭa, ṭha, ḍa, ḍha, ṇa, ta, tha, da, dha, na, pa, pha, ba, bha, ma, ya, ra, la, va, sa, ha, ḷa, aṃ, iti vyañjanā nāma honti.

     'k', 'kh', 'g', 'gh', 'ṅ', 'c', 'ch', 'j', 'jh', 'ñ, 'ṭ', 'ṭh', 'ḍ', 'ḍh', 'ṇ', 't', 'th', 'd', 'dh', 'n', 'p', 'ph', 'b', 'bh', 'm', 'y', 'r', 'l', 'v', 's', 'h', 'ḷ' and 'ṃ', these are the consonants by name.

   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[2] (overall work in Pali), page 291; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     वचवसवहादीनं उकारो वस्स ये ॥६॥
     वच, वस, वह इच्चेवमादीनं धातूनं वकारस्स उकारो होति य पच्चये परे । उच्चते, वुच्चति; वुस्सति; वुय्हति ॥

     6. Vacavasavahādīnaṃ ukāro vassa ye
     Vaca, vasa, vaha iccevamādīnaṃ dhātūnaṃ vakārassa ukāro hoti ya paccaye pare.Uccate, vuccate; vussati; vuyhati.

     Vac, vas, vah etc. which have 'u' for 'va'
     Roots vac, vas, vah and so on etc. have 'u' from 'va' next to the ending 'ya'.
     Exx: uccate, vuccate; vussati; vuyhati.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ/

व • (va)

1. alternative form of इव (iva, “like”)

व • (va)

1. sandhi form of accusative/dative/genitive plural of त्वम् (tvám, “you”)