the name of the 6th letter in Hebrew (see VAU, VAV) and the corresponding letter in the Arabic and other Semitic alphabets.
1832. S. Lee, Grammar Heb. Lang. (ed. 2), 3. Vaw, or Waw.
1906. Expositor, May, 428. John xii. 15 follows the Hebrew of Zechariah ix. 9, the waw being epexegetic.
1916. M. Roberts, in Folk-Lore XXVII. 222. As there is no Arabic character to represent the v sound the Turks use the wau for this purose.
