Nabataean letter Waw
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The Nabataean letter Waw is a consonantal character from the ancient Nabataean Aramaic script that represents a /w/ sound and historically contributed to the development of later Semitic and Arabic letter forms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nabataean letter Waw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19688167 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nabataean letter Waw Context triple: [Phoenician letter Waw, ancestorOf, Nabataean letter Waw]
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A.
Phoenician letter Waw
The Phoenician letter Waw is an ancient Semitic consonant sign that historically represented a /w/ sound and served as the ancestor of several later letters, including Greek Upsilon and Latin F, V, and U.
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B.
Phoenician letter heth
Phoenician letter heth is an ancient Semitic consonant whose shape and sound gave rise to several later alphabetic characters, including the Greek eta.
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C.
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin is an early consonantal sign in the Proto-Sinaitic script that represents a voiced pharyngeal or glottal sound and is the ancestor of the Semitic letter ʿayin found in later alphabets such as Phoenician and Hebrew.
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D.
Arabic letter Waw
The Arabic letter Waw is a consonant and long vowel in the Arabic alphabet, representing the /w/ sound and the long vowel /ū/, and also serving as a common conjunction meaning “and.”
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E.
Nabataean alphabet
The Nabataean alphabet is an ancient Northwest Semitic script used by the Nabataean kingdom, which evolved from the Phoenician writing system and later gave rise to the early Arabic script.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nabataean letter Waw Target entity description: The Nabataean letter Waw is a consonantal character from the ancient Nabataean Aramaic script that represents a /w/ sound and historically contributed to the development of later Semitic and Arabic letter forms.
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A.
Phoenician letter Waw
The Phoenician letter Waw is an ancient Semitic consonant sign that historically represented a /w/ sound and served as the ancestor of several later letters, including Greek Upsilon and Latin F, V, and U.
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B.
Phoenician letter heth
Phoenician letter heth is an ancient Semitic consonant whose shape and sound gave rise to several later alphabetic characters, including the Greek eta.
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C.
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin is an early consonantal sign in the Proto-Sinaitic script that represents a voiced pharyngeal or glottal sound and is the ancestor of the Semitic letter ʿayin found in later alphabets such as Phoenician and Hebrew.
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D.
Arabic letter Waw
The Arabic letter Waw is a consonant and long vowel in the Arabic alphabet, representing the /w/ sound and the long vowel /ū/, and also serving as a common conjunction meaning “and.”
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E.
Nabataean alphabet
The Nabataean alphabet is an ancient Northwest Semitic script used by the Nabataean kingdom, which evolved from the Phoenician writing system and later gave rise to the early Arabic script.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.