Letter 37 of 39
The Armenian letter և (Yev)
և is letter 37 of the 39-letter Armenian alphabet, and it has no separate capital form. It is called և (Yev), and it is romanized as “ev”.
'Yev' at the start of a word, 'ev' elsewhere.
How to pronounce և
և is pronounced 'yev' at the start of a word and 'ev' everywhere else. On its own, the word և means 'and'.
Armenian words with և
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Letters people confuse with և
Where և comes from
և 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 և
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Questions about և
How do you pronounce the Armenian letter և?
'Yev' at the start of a word, 'ev' elsewhere. In IPA it is written /jɛv/ or /ɛv/.
What is the Armenian letter և called?
It is called և (Yev). և is letter 37 of the 39 letters of the Armenian alphabet.
Does the letter և have a capital form?
No. և has no capital of its own: at the start of a capitalized word it is written Եվ, as in Եվրոպա (Yevropa, Europe).
What Armenian words use the letter և?
և (yev) means “and”. Other common words are ևս (yevs, “also”) and Երևան (yerevan, “Yerevan”).
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