| O | |
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| Օ օ | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Sound values | |
| In Unicode | U+0555, U+0585 |
| Alphabetical position | 38 |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Other | |
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O or Oh (majuscule: Օ, minuscule: օ, Armenian: օ) is the 38th letter of the reformed Armenian alphabet and the 37th letter of the classical Armenian alphabet. This letter was first noticed in a text from the year 1046 at the work փափագանօք (p'ap'aganok').
Unlike many Armenian letters, O has no numeric value.
It represents the /o/ sound in both Eastern and Western Armenian.
Computing codes
| Preview | Օ | օ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER OH | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER OH | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1365 | U+0555 | 1413 | U+0585 |
| UTF-8 | 213 149 | D5 95 | 214 133 | D6 85 |
| Numeric character reference | Օ |
Օ |
օ |
օ |
Related characters and other similar characters
References
- С. Гюлбудагян. (1986). "Орфография" . Армянская советская энциклопедия (in Russian). Vol. 12. Yerevan. p. 242.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Э. Г. Туманян. (1990). "Армянское письмо". Советская энциклопедия (in Russian) (Лингвистический энциклопедический словарь ed.). Moscow. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31.
- Jasmine Dum-Tragut (2009). Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. London Oriental and African language library, 14. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-272-8879-0.
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