"و" meaning in Persian

See و in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: /wɑːw/ [Dari], /vɑːv/ [Iranian-Persian] Forms: وـ [canonical], ـوـ [canonical], ـو [canonical], vâv [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|fa|letter|head=و / وـ / ـوـ / ـو|tr=vâv}} و / وـ / ـوـ / ـو • (vâv)
  1. The thirtieth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ن and followed by ه. Its name is واو. Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-و-fa-character-ulz30l-v Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian particles Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 66 0 34 Disambiguation of Persian particles: 71 0 29

Conjunction

IPA: [‿u] [Classical-Persian], [‿ʊ] [Dari, formal], [‿ʊ] [Dari, formal], [‿ʊ] [Kabuli], [‿u] (note: Hazaragi), [‿o] [Iran, formal], [‿u] [Tajik, formal], [wa] [Classical-Persian], [wä] [Dari, formal], [wä] [Dari, formal], [wä] [Kabuli], [wä] (note: Hazaragi), [ʋæ] [Iran, formal], [vä] [Tajik, formal], /wɑːw/ [Dari], /vɑːv/ [Iranian-Persian] Audio: Fa-و.ogg [Iranian-Persian] Forms: o [romanization], va [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭣 (ʾʿd /⁠ud⁠/), 𐭠𐭥 (ʾʿ /⁠u⁠/); from Old Persian 𐎢𐎫𐎠 (u-t-a /⁠utā⁠/, “and”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)utá, from *(H)u, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂u. Presumed to be influenced by and to some degree conflated with Arabic وَ (wa). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|𐭠𐭥𐭣|ts=ud}} Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭣 (ʾʿd /⁠ud⁠/), {{m|pal|𐭠𐭥|ts=u}} 𐭠𐭥 (ʾʿ /⁠u⁠/), {{inh|fa|peo|𐎢𐎫𐎠||and|ts=utā}} Old Persian 𐎢𐎫𐎠 (u-t-a /⁠utā⁠/, “and”), {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*Hutá|*(H)utá}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)utá, {{m|iir-pro|*Hu|*(H)u}} *(H)u, {{der|fa|ine-pro|*h₂ew|*h₂u}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂u, {{der|fa|ar|وَ}} Arabic وَ (wa) Head templates: {{head|fa|conjunction|tr=o, va}} و • (o, va)
  1. and
    Sense id: en-و-fa-conj-YgERG4Og Categories (other): Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle

IPA: /o/, /wɑːw/ [Dari], /vɑːv/ [Iranian-Persian] Forms: -o [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|fa|particle|tr=-o}} و • (-o)
  1. (colloquial, Iranian Persian, Iran) Shortened form of رو (ro); both are spoken forms of را (râ). Tags: Iran, Iranian-Persian, colloquial
    Sense id: en-و-fa-particle-4wwHm-Z5 Categories (other): Iranian Persian
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for و meaning in Persian (5.0kB)

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      "ipa": "[wä]",
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          "english": "Raise your hand.",
          "roman": "Dasteto boland kon.",
          "text": "دستتو بلند کن."
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      "ipa": "[wä]",
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        "Dari",
        "formal"
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    {
      "ipa": "[wä]",
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        "Dari",
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wä]",
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        "Kabuli"
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    {
      "ipa": "[wä]",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ʋæ]",
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      "ipa": "[vä]",
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        "Tajik",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "/wɑːw/",
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
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    {
      "ipa": "/vɑːv/",
      "tags": [
        "Iranian-Persian"
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        {
          "english": "Raise your hand.",
          "roman": "Dasteto boland kon.",
          "text": "دستتو بلند کن."
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/o/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑːw/",
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vɑːv/",
      "tags": [
        "Iranian-Persian"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "و"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Persian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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