Vo (Armenian letter)
Oh
Oh | |
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Օ օ | |
Usage | |
Writing system | Armenian script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Armenian language |
Phonetic usage | [ɔ] [vɔ] (word-initially or in isolated form) |
Unicode codepoint | U+0548, U+0578 |
Alphabetical position | 24 Numerical value: 600 |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | 405 to present |
Other | |
Associated numbers | 600 |
Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Oh (majuscule: Օ; minuscule: օ; Armenian: օհ , օ) is the twenty-fourth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 600.[1] It was created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century AD. It represents the open-mid back rounded vowel (/ɔ/), but when it occurs isolated or word-initially, it represents /vɔ/1. It is one of the two letters that represent the sound O, the other being Ո which was not created by Mashtots.
Its minuscule variant is homoglyphic to the minuscule form of the Latin letter O. In its uppercase form, it looks like a turned Latin letter O, the Lisu letter Oh (O), or the asomtavruli form of the Georgian letter Oni (Q).
As a component in U[edit]
This letter, along with Vyun (or Hiwn in Classical Armenian), is part of the Armenian U (ՈՒ Ու ու). Because the letter U is not present in Mashtots's alphabet, it uses a digraph made up of these letters.
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Related characters and other similar characters[edit]
- O o : Latin letter O
- О о : Cyrillic letter O
- Ո ո : Armenian letter V
- O : Lisu letter Oh
- ՈՒ Ու ու : Armenian letter U
- Q : Georgian letter Oni, in asomtavruli form
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Notes[edit]
- ^ Except in ով /ov/ "who" and ովքեր /ovkʰer/ "those (people)" in Eastern Armenian