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و

Vao

واؤ

Sound: v / o / uIPA /ʋ ~ uː/Right-joiner only

How it works

One letter, three sounds. At word-start before another vowel = v/w (waqt). After a consonant with no diacritic = o or oo (mor=peacock, doodh=milk). The diacritic above the previous letter usually decides. With pesh = u/oo.

Example word

وَقت
waqttime