ورنه war na P (for واگرنه) And if not, otherwise, although.

واهم wāhim A part. act. (of وهم) Thinking, ima- gining, being of opinion.

وهي vhaī H s. Side, quarter, way.

وحيد waḥīd A (from وحد) adj. Alone, unique, singular. وحيد العصر waḥīdu-l-aﻌṣr, The nonpa- reil of the age.

وديعت wadīʼaﻌt A (from ودع) s. f. Deposit, trust. وديعت حيات wadīʼaﻌt-i-ḥayāt, Death, depositing oneʼs life.

وظيفه waz̤īfa A (from وظف) s. m. A pension, stipend, salary, stipulated allowance, a daily performance or task, any thing agreed on; land bestowed in gift for past services.

ونواس वनवास wan-wās S s. m. See بنباس ban-bās.

و wāw the twenty-sixth letter of the Arabic and thirtieth of the Persian alphabet, corresponds to व in Sanskrit. When used to denote a num- ber, according to the Arabs, it stands for six. In ephemerides it represents Friday and the sign Libra. This letter is sometimes a consonant; when it is one of the labial letters, having the sound of the English w or v. It is also one of the حرف علت ḥurūf-i-iﻌllat, or weak letters; when it may serve with the vowel ẓamm or fatʼḥa, conveyed by the preceding consonant, to denote the different sounds of o, ū, and au. As the و is homogenous with ẓamm, if the former is quiescent and immediately following the latter, the sound of ẓamm is only prolonged by it, and the result is a simple long vowel. This vowel may have the power of either o or ū: when it has that of the first, the و is termed majʼhūl (unknown, concealed); either, because it does not occur in the Arabic language, or because the sound of ẓamm is here obscured by an ad- mixture of that of fatʼḥa: it is, also, called واوفارسي and واوعجمي. And when it has the power of ū, it is termed maﻌrūf (known); from its occurring in Arabic and exhibiting the full sound of ẓamm. When the quiescent و follows a letter having the vowel fatʼḥa, the diphthong au is formed, and the و is then called واوساکن ماقبل مفتوح. After the vowel kasr it never occurs. In some cases و though written, is not pronounced. Thus (1) in the words دو Two, تو Thou, چو When, &c. the sounds are simply those of ẓamm without prolongation; as, in this line of Niz̤āmī, چوتوگرکسي باشد آنہم توٴي chu to gar kase bāshad, ān-ham tuʼī, where the first syllable is short. This is called واوبيان ضمه wāw-i-bayān-i-ẓamma. (2) After خ which has

وکيل wakīl A (from وکل) s. m. An agent, am- bassadour, representative, counsellor (at law), attorney, deputy, delegate, commissioner. وکيل مطلق wakīl-i-mut̤laḳ, A plenipotentiary, a vice- gerent invested with full powers.

وبهو vibhau S̱. s. m. See ببهو bibhau.