օ

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word օ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word օ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say օ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word օ you have here. The definition of the word օ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofօ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Օ, o, and O

օ U+0585, օ
ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER OH
ք
Armenian ֆ

Armenian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ο (o). Introduced at the end of the 11th century to replace the diphthong աւ (aw), which by then was pronounced as , e.g. աւգոստոս (awgostos) became օգոստոս (ōgostos).

Pronunciation

Letter

The template Template:hy-letter does not use the parameter(s):
1=
2=Օ
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

օ

օ lowercase (uppercase Օ)

  1. The 38th letter of Armenian alphabet. Represents open-mid back rounded vowel: . Transliterated as ō (Hübschmann-Meillet-Benveniste) or ò (ISO 9985).

Usage notes

  • The letter ո (o) too is pronounced as , except word-initially.
  • Because this letter is a late addition, it has no numerical value.
  • In Traditional Armenian orthography this is the 37th letter.

See also

Ottoman Turkish

Letter

օ (o)

  1. A letter of the Armeno-Turkish script, named օ (o). Represents mid back rounded vowel: . Transliterated as o.

See also