O (Armenian letter)

O
O
Օ օ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	[o]
In Unicode	U+0555, U+0585
Alphabetical position	38
History
Development	Օ օ;
Other
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O or Oh (majuscule: Օ, minuscule: օ, Armenian: օ) is the 38th letter of the reformed Armenian alphabet and the 37th letter of the classical Armenian alphabet. This letter was first noticed in a text from the year 1046 at the work փափագանօք (p'ap'aganok').^[1]

Unlike many Armenian letters, O has no numeric value.^[2]

It represents the /o/ sound in both Eastern and Western Armenian.^[3]

Computing codes

Character information
Preview	Օ		օ
Unicode name	ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER OH		ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER OH
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1365	U+0555	1413	U+0585
UTF-8	213 149	D5 95	214 133	D6 85
Numeric character reference	Օ	Օ	օ	օ

Related characters and other similar characters

O o : Latin letter O
Ο ο : Greek letter Omicron

References

^ С. Гюлбудагян. (1986). "Орфография" . Армянская советская энциклопедия (in Russian). Vol. 12. Yerevan. p. 242.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Э. Г. Туманян. (1990). "Армянское письмо". Советская энциклопедия (in Russian) (Лингвистический энциклопедический словарь ed.). Moscow. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31.
^ Jasmine Dum-Tragut (2009). Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. London Oriental and African language library, 14. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-272-8879-0.

External links

Օ on Wiktionary
օ on Wiktionary

[1] С. Гюлбудагян. (1986). "Орфография" . Армянская советская энциклопедия (in Russian). Vol. 12. Yerevan. p. 242.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] Э. Г. Туманян. (1990). "Армянское письмо". Советская энциклопедия (in Russian) (Лингвистический энциклопедический словарь ed.). Moscow. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31.

[3] Jasmine Dum-Tragut (2009). Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. London Oriental and African language library, 14. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-272-8879-0.

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