էօ

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Armenian

Etymology

Formed by analogy with իւ (iw) using the two dialectological letters for mid vowels.

Pronunciation

Letter

էօ • (ēō)

  1. A letter formerly used in Armenian dialectology, nowadays usually written as օ̈ (ö). Represents the open-mid front rounded vowel: . Transliterated as ö.

Usage notes

Outside of dialectology, this letter combination is also used in traditional Armenian orthography to represent the sound in borrowings from Turkic and other languages with and -like sounds; for example, Քարակէօզեան (Kʻarakēōzean), Քէօշկէրեան (Kʻēōškērean), էօտ աղաճը (ēōt aġačə), Էօժէնի (Ēōžēni), Քէօլն (Kʻēōln).

See also

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1911) Hay barbaṙagitutʻiwn. Uruagic ew dasaworutʻiwn hay barbaṙneri (barbaṙagitakan kʻartēsov) [Armenian dialectology: A sketch and classification of Armenian dialects (with a dialect map)] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 8) (in Armenian), Moscow and Nor Nakhichevan: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 10
  • Ovsepjan, L. S., Gevorkjan, G. G. (2013) “Армянские диалекты (общий обзор) [Armenian dialects (general overview)]”, in Yuri B.Koryakov and Andrej A. Kibrik, editors, Языки мира: Реликтовые индоевропейские языки Передней и Центральной Азии [Languages of the World: Relict Indo-European languages of Western and Central Asia]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Academia, page 324

Ottoman Turkish

Letter

էօ • (ö)

  1. A digraph used in the Armeno-Turkish script. Represents mid front rounded vowel: . Transliterated as ö.

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia