ւ

Character	ւ
Unicode name	ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER YIWN
Codepoint	U+0582

See also լ

Armenian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [v]

• Audio

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Letter

ւ

ւ lowercase (uppercase Ւ)

1. The 34th letter of Armenian alphabet, called վյուն (vyun) or հյուն (hyun). Transliterated as w.
   Represents:

   voiced labio-velar approximant: IPA: [w] in Old Armenian (except in digraph ու)

   voiced labiodental fricative: IPA: [v] in Eastern Armenian

   voiced labiodental fricative: IPA: [v] in Western Armenian

2. The numeral 7000 in Armenian numbering.

Usage notes

After the Spelling reform of the Armenian language during Soviet era (1922-1924) this letter has been replaced by վ, surviving only as a component of letters ու and եւ. However, the reform was not accepted by the Armenian diaspora outside the USSR which continues using ւ according to Traditional Armenian orthography.

See also

• Armenian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Armenian alphabet
• (The Armenian script): Աա   Բբ   Գգ   Դդ   Եե   Զզ   Էէ   Ըը   Թթ   Ժժ   Իի   Լլ   Խխ   Ծծ   Կկ   Հհ   Ձձ   Ղղ   Ճճ   Մմ   Յյ   Նն   Շշ   Ոո   Չչ   Պպ   Ջջ   Ռռ   Սս   Վվ   Տտ   Րր   Ցց   Ււ   Փփ   Քք   Օօ   Ֆֆ
• (Letter combinations): ու   և   ﬔ   ﬕ   ﬓ   ﬗ   ﬖ
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ։   ֊

External links

• Search “ւ” in the Eastern Armenian National Corpus.