ո

Character  ո 
Unicode name ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER VO
Codepoint U+0578
See also ռ, and n

Armenian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [o], (word-initially) IPA: [vo]
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Letter

ո

ո lowercase (uppercase Ո)

  1. The 24th letter of Armenian alphabet. Transliterated as o.
    Represents:
    close-mid back rounded vowel: IPA: [o] in Old Armenian
    close-mid back rounded vowel: IPA: [o] (but [vo] word-initially) in Eastern Armenian
    close-mid back rounded vowel: IPA: [o] (but [vo] word-initially) in Western Armenian
  2. The numeral 600 in Armenian numbering.

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ով (ov) (used before vowels)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷo-, by loosing the initial consonant.

Pronoun

ո՞  (o)

  1. (interrogative) who?
    ո՞, ո՞ ոք (o, o okʿ) — who?
    ո՞ ի ձէնջ իշխեսցէ առնել զայդ (o i jēnǰ išxescʿē aṙnel zayd) — who among you dare do that?
    ո՞ ոք ի մարդկանէ (o okʿ i mardkanē) — who is he that ...?
    գիտեմ ո՛ է դա (gitem o ē da) — I know who he is
    ո՛ ոք եւ իցէ (o okʿ ew icʿē) — whoever he may be
    ո՞յր է մատեանս (oyr ē mateans) — whose book is this?
    զո՞ խնդրէք (zo xndrēkʿ) — whom do you seek?
    ո՞յր ես (oyr es) — who are you for?
    ո՞ւմ ասացեր (owm asacʿer) — to whom have you spoken?
    ո՞ գիտէ (o gitē) — who knows?
    ո՞յք ոմանք իցեն (oykʿ omankʿ icʿen) — who are they who ...?
    ո՞ւմ ի կապելոց (owm i kapelocʿ) — to which of the prisoners?
    յո՞ւմ անձին (yowm anjin) — on which person?
    ո՞յք եմք (oykʿ emkʿ) — who are we?
    ո եւ պէտ ( o ew pēt) — whoever it may be
    յոյր սակս/սակի (yoyr saks/saki) — why? on what account? for what reason?
    ում եւ պետ (um ew pet) — whatever, whatsoever

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References

  • ո in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • ո in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • ո in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
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