Ve (Arabic letter)

Ve (ڤ‎) is an additional letter of the Arabic letters, derived from fāʾ (ﻑ) with two additional dots, representing the sound [v]. It is sometimes used in Arabic to write names and loanwords, such as ڤولڤو‎ (Volvo) and ڤيينا‎ viyenna (Vienna). It is also used in the Arabic-based/Sorani Kurdish alphabet.

In the Jawi script ڤ‎ is used to represent [p].

The character is mapped in Unicode under position U+06A8.

Maghrebi style, used in Northwestern Africa:

Similar looking letter

In Tunisian Arabic and less likely in Algeria, (ڨ‎, looks similar to ق but with three dots) is used for /ɡ/ in informal occasions, and officially in names of places or persons containing a voiced velar stop, as in Guelma, Algeria or Gafsa, Tunisia. If the usage of that letter is not possible for technical restrictions, qāf (ق) is often used instead in these dialects.

See also

• ﭖ - Pe (Arabic)
• ﭺ - Che (Arabic)
• گ - Gaf (Arabic)
• ژ - Zhe /ʒ/ (Arabic)