Ve (Arabic)
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| Arabic alphabet | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ﺍ ﺏ ﺕ ﺙ ﺝ ﺡ | |||||
| ﺥ ﺩ ﺫ ﺭ ﺯ س | |||||
| ﺵ ﺹ ﺽ ﻁ ﻅ ﻉ | |||||
| ﻍ ﻑ ﻕ ﻙ ﻝ | |||||
| ﻡ ﻥ ه ﻭ ﻱ | |||||
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Ve (ڤ) is an additional letter of the Arabic alphabet, derived from fāʼ (ﻑ) with two additional dots, representing a voiced labiodental fricative (IPA: /v/). It is sometimes used in Arabic to write certain words of foreign origin, such as ڤولڤو volvo (Volvo) and ڤيينا viyēnā (Vienna).
In the Jawi script ڤ is used to represent a voiceless bilabial plosive (IPA: /p/).
The character is mapped in Unicode under position U+06A8.
| Position | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isolated | Initial | Medial | Final | |
| ﭪ | ﭬ | ﭭ | ﭫ | |
