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Pali
Etymology 1
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Letter
ว (v)
- 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.
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Etymology 2
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Particle
ว
- Thai script form of va (“like, as if”)
Etymology 3
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Particle
ว
- 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) | |
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Letter
ว • (wɔɔ)
- 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