յ

See also: Յ, յ-, -յ, j, and J

յ U+0575, յ ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER YI ← մ [U+0574] Armenian ն → [U+0576]

Armenian

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [jə]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [jə]

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Letter

յ

յ lowercase (uppercase Յ)

1. The 21st letter of Armenian alphabet, called հի (hi). Transliterated as y.
   Represents:

   palatal approximant: [j] in Eastern Armenian and Western Armenian (but [h] word-initially and silent word-finally in Traditional Armenian orthography)

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   է̀   օ̈   օ̈̀   ո̈ւ   բՙ   դՙ   գՙ   ձՙ   ջՙ   ֈ / յ̵   ʔ  
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍