Yew (minuscule: և; Armenian: և) is the 37th letter of the reformed Armenian alphabet. It is a ligature of the letters Yech (ե) and Hyun (ւ). Although Yew was used de facto before the orthography reform, it was not officially part of the alphabet.
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Writing system | Armenian script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Armenian language |
Sound values | [ɛv], [jɛv] |
In Unicode | U+0587 |
Alphabetical position | 37 |
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Unlike many letters in the Armenian alphabet, it has no numerical value.[1]
Usage
editIn both Eastern and Western Armenian, it is pronounced as [ɛv], but word-initially, it represents the [jɛv] sound.[2]
This ligature has no majuscule form. When capitalized, it is written as Եվ (reformed orthography) or Եւ (classical orthography).
Computing codes
editPreview | և | |
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Unicode name | ARMENIAN SMALL LIGATURE ECH YIWN | |
Encodings | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 1415 | U+0587 |
UTF-8 | 214 135 | D6 87 |
Numeric character reference | և |
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Related characters and other similar characters
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Э. Г. Туманян. (1990). "Армянское письмо" (Лингвистический энциклопедический словарь ed.). М.: Советская энциклопедия. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31.
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(help) - ^ Jasmine Dum-Tragut (2009). Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. London Oriental and African language library, 14. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-272-8879-0.
External links
edit- և on Wiktionary