Yew (Armenian letter)

Yew
Yew
և
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	[ɛv], [jɛv]
In Unicode	U+0587
Alphabetical position	37
History
Development	և;
Other
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Yew (minuscule: և; Armenian: և) is the 37th letter of the reformed Armenian alphabet. It consists in a ligature of the letters Yech (ե) and Hyun (ւ). The letter Yew was de facto used before the ortography reform, but it was not part of the alphabet.

Unlike many letters in the Armenian alphabet, it has no numerical value.^[1]

Usage

In 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

Character information
Preview	և
Unicode name	ARMENIAN SMALL LIGATURE ECH YIWN
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	1415	U+0587
UTF-8	214 135	D6 87
Numeric character reference	և	և

Related characters and other similar characters

Ե ե : Armenian letter Yech
Ւ ւ : Armenian letter Hyun
U u : Latin letter U

References

^ Э. Г. Туманян. (1990). "Армянское письмо" (Лингвистический энциклопедический словарь ed.). М.: Советская энциклопедия. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (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

և on Wiktionary

[1] Э. Г. Туманян. (1990). "Армянское письмо" (Лингвистический энциклопедический словарь ed.). М.: Советская энциклопедия. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[2] 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.

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