Yew (letter)
Letter in the Armenian alphabet
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Yew, or Yev (minuscule: և; Armenian: և) is the 37th letter of the reformed Armenian alphabet. It is a ligature of the letters Yech (ե) and Hyun (ւ). Although Yew was used de facto before the orthography reform, it was not officially part of the alphabet.
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound values[ɛv], [jɛv]
| Yew | |
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| և | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Sound values | [ɛv], [jɛv] |
| In Unicode | U+0587 |
| Alphabetical position | 37 |
Unlike the other letters in the Armenian alphabet, it has no numerical value.[1]
Usage
In both varieties of Armenian, it is pronounced as [ɛv], but word-initially, it represents the [jɛv] sound.[2]
This ligature has no majuscule form. When capitalized, it is written as Եվ (reformed orthography) or Եւ (classical orthography).
Computing codes
| Preview | և | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN SMALL LIGATURE ECH YIWN | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 1415 | U+0587 |
| UTF-8 | 214 135 | D6 87 |
| Numeric character reference | և | և |
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Handwritten form
Typographic form
