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՟ U+055F, ՟ ARMENIAN ABBREVIATION MARK ← ՞ [U+055E] Armenian ՠ → [U+0560]

Armenian

The word Աստուած (Astuac, “God”) abbreviated. Only first and last letters are written.

The word Սուրբ (Surb, “Holy”) abbreviated. Only first and last letters are written.

Punctuation mark

՟ • (.)

1. Armenian abbreviation mark. It was placed on top of the part of the word to indicate that it was abbreviated. Called պատիվ (pativ) in Armenian.

Usage notes

• Not used in modern Armenian.
• The sign should be placed on top of a letter, but most current fonts do not do that: they show it following a letter, e.g. Ած՟ (Ac.).
• The most common abbreviations were:

  Ած՟ (Ac.) = Աստուած (Astuac)

  Այ՟ (Ay.) = Աստուածոյ (Astuacoy)

  յԱյ՟ (yAy.) = յԱստուածոյ (yAstuacoy)

  Ավ՟ (Av.) = Աստուածով (Astuacov)

  ամ՟ (am.) = ամենայն (amenayn)

  պտ՟ (pt.) = պատասխանի (patasxani)

  սբ՟ (sb.) = սուրբ (surb)

  -ութի՟ (-utʻi.) = -ութիւն (-utʻiwn), -ութե՟ (-utʻe.) = -ութեան (-utʻean), -ութէ՟ (-utʻē.) = -ութենէ (-utʻenē)

See also

• (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
• (Dialectological): ՠ / ա̈   ա̊   ա̄   ը̂   է̀   էօ / օ̈   էօ̀ / օ̈̀   իւ / ո̈ւ   գ^յ   կ^յ   ք^յ   հ^յ   բՙ   դՙ   գՙ   ձՙ   ջՙ   ղՙ   ֈ   ʔ  
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍

References

• Tumanjan, Eteri (1971) Древнеармянский язык [The Old Armenian Language]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 19