Added 9 October 2026
waw
/wɔː/ symbol
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verb
noun
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: و.
- Alternative spelling of vav.
Origin
From Middle English wawen, waȝien, from Old English wagian (“to move, shake, swing, totter”), from Proto-West Germanic *wagōn, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”). Cognate with German wagen (“to venture, dare, risk”), Dutch wagen (“to venture, dare, also to move, stir”), Swedish våga (“to dare”).
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