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Armenian
Etymology
Taken from its pronunciation before a consonant in Western Armenian.
Pronunciation
Letter
իւ • (iw)
- A letter formerly used in Armenian dialectology, nowadays usually written as ո̈ւ (ü). Represents the near-high front rounded vowel: . Transliterated as ü.
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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
Old Armenian
Etymology
Instrumental case of the root ի- (i-).
Pronoun
ի՞ւ • (i?w)
- (interrogative) in what? with what? in what way, or manner?
- ի՞ւ գիտացից ― i?w gitacʻicʻ ― how shall I know it?
- ի՞ւ իւիք ― i?w iwikʻ ― in what way?
- ի՞ւ իւիք իցեմք ընդհատ ի նոցանէ ― i?w iwikʻ icʻemkʻ əndhat i nocʻanē ― in what do we differ from them?
Ottoman Turkish
Letter
իւ • (ü)
- A digraph used in the Armeno-Turkish script. Represents close front rounded vowel: . Transliterated as ü.
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