ว

See also: ว.

ว U+0E27, ว THAI CHARACTER WO WAEN ← ฦ [U+0E26] Thai ศ → [U+0E28]

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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

Letter

ว (v)

1. The 37th letter and 29th consonant of the Thai Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the voiced, labiodental fricative (or approximant) consonant /v/, but modern local accents diverge.

See also

• ล (la) (previous letter of the Pali alphabet)
• ส (sa) (next letter of the Pali alphabet)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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

Alternative scripts

• 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)

Particle

ว

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

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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

Alternative scripts

• eva (Latin script)
• 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• एव (Devanagari script)
• এৰ (Bengali script)
• එව (Sinhalese script)
• ဧဝ or ဨဝ or ဢေဝ (Burmese script)
• เอว or เอวะ (Thai script)
• ᩑᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອວ or ເອວະ (Lao script)
• ឯវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• yeva (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• येव (Devanagari script)
• যেৰ (Bengali script)
• යෙව (Sinhalese script)
• ယေဝ (Burmese script)
• เยว or เยวะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຍວ or ເຍວະ or ເຢວະ (Lao script)
• យេវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• ñeva (Latin script)
• 𑀜𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ञेव (Devanagari script)
• ঞেৰ (Bengali script)
• ඤෙව (Sinhalese script)
• ဉေဝ or ၺေဝ (Burmese script)
• เญว or เญวะ (Thai script)
• ᨬᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຎວ or ເຎວະ (Lao script)
• ញេវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄐𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Particle

ว

1. Thai script form of va, sandhi form of เอว (eva, “even”)

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ว w
Phonemic		วอ w ɒ	วอ แหฺวน w ɒ    æ h ̥ w n
Romanization	Paiboon	wɔɔ	wɔɔ wɛ̌ɛn
	Royal Institute	wo	wo waen
(standard) IPA(key)		/wɔː˧/(R)	/wɔː˧.wɛːn˩˩˦/(R)
Homophones edit		ว. วอ วอร์

Letter

ว • (wɔɔ)

1. wɔɔ wɛ̌ɛn (ว แหวน), the 37th consonant letter of the Thai alphabet

Usage notes

• This letter belongs to the Thai low consonant class
• When ว ends a syllable, it's always part of a vowel