EtymologyEdit
Formed by turning over ա (a).
PronunciationEdit
ՠ • (ՠ)
- A letter formerly used in Armenian dialectology, nowadays usually written as ա̈ (ä). Represents the near-open front vowel: [æ]. Transliterated as ä.
ReferencesEdit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1911) Hay barbaṙagitutʿiwn. Uruagic ew dasaworutʿiwn hay barbaṙneri (barbaṙagitakan kʿartēsov) [Armenian dialectology: A sketch and classification of Armenian dialects (with a dialect map)]] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 8) (in Armenian), Moscow, Nor Nakhichevan: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 9
- Ovsepjan, L. S.; Gevorkjan, G. G. (2013), “Armjanskije dialekty (obščij obzor) [Armenian dialects (general overview)]”, in Yuri B.Koryakov and Andrej A. Kibrik, editors, Jazyki mira: Reliktovyje indojevropejskije jazyki Perednej i Centralʹnoj Azii [Languages of the World: Relict Indo-European languages of Western and Central Asia][1] (in Russian), Moscow: Academia, page 324