Letter 34 of 39
The Armenian letter ՈՒ ու (U)
ՈՒ (lowercase ու) is letter 34 of the 39-letter Armenian alphabet. It is called Ու (U), and it is a vowel romanized as “u”.
Like 'oo' in 'food'.
How to pronounce ՈՒ
ՈՒ is an 'oo', as in 'food'. It is written with two characters, ո + ւ, but counts as one letter in the modern alphabet.
Armenian words with ՈՒ
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Letters people confuse with ՈՒ
Where ՈՒ comes from
ՈՒ began as a combination of two letters, and the modern Eastern Armenian alphabet counts it as a letter of its own — which is why that alphabet has 39 letters rather than 38.
How to write and type ՈՒ
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Questions about ՈՒ
How do you pronounce the Armenian letter ՈՒ?
Like 'oo' in 'food'. In IPA it is written /u/.
What is the Armenian letter ՈՒ called?
It is called Ու (U). ՈՒ is letter 34 of the 39 letters of the Armenian alphabet.
What is the lowercase form of ՈՒ?
The lowercase form is ու. Like English, Armenian uses capital letters at the start of sentences and for names.
What Armenian words use the letter ՈՒ?
ուսանող (usanogh) means “student”. Other common words are ուրախ (urakh, “happy”) and ուտել (utel, “to eat”).
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