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See also: Ե, ե-, and -ե

ե U+0565, ե
ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER ECH
← դ
 		Armenian զ →

Armenian

Pronunciation

Letter

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ե

ե lowercase (uppercase Ե)

  1. The 5th letter of Armenian alphabet, called եչ (ečʻ). Transliterated as e. Represents an open-mid front unrounded vowel: (but word-initially)
  2. A letter used in Armenian dialectology. Represents the diphthong . Transliterated as ie.

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References

  • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, § 1.1.1
  • 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

ե • (y)

  1. A letter of the Armeno-Turkish script, named եէչ (yeç). Represents palatal approximant: . Transliterated as y.

Usage notes

This letter is only used at the beginning of a word or after a consonant. After a vowel, յ (y) is usually used. Some texts also use ե between vowels. May also be used as a vowel in Armenian loans, in which case it is (or at the beginning of a word) and appropriately transliterated e (or ye).

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