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/ca / च

The word /ca means "and".

It is an enclitic. So it is aded AFTER the word — mAjarAz ca माजराश्च means "and a cat".

zvA श्वा "a dog"

zvA mArjAraz ca श्वा मार्जारश्च "a dog and a cat"

zvA mArjAraz ca madyazAlAm pravizataH श्वा मार्जारश्च मद्यशालां प्रविशतः "a dog and a cat walk into a bar"

The word /vA means "or" and is enclitic too.

zvA mArjAro vA श्वा मार्जारो वा "a dog or a cat"

In sUtras, however, it means "optionally" and it is fine to use it at the very start of a sUtra. See vAzari, vAmzasoH, vAchandasi.