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ϝ.

w

Lower case digamma, the sixth letter of the early Greek alphabet. Its name was probably *ϝαῦ (*waû), later δίγαμμα (dígamma), and it represented a voiced labial-velar approximant /w/.

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  1. Lower case digamma, the sixth letter of the early Greek alphabet. Its name was probably *ϝαῦ (*waû), later δίγαμμα (dígamma), and it represented a voiced labial-velar approximant /w/.

Where this word comes from

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Ϝ, from the Phoenician letter 𐤅, waw.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.