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(word-initially:)
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /vo/ [vo]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /vo/ [vo]
(otherwise:)
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /o/ [o]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /o/ [o]
Audio (word-initially): (file)
ո • (o) (lower case, upper case Ո)
- The 24th letter of Armenian alphabet, called ո (o). Transliterated as o. Represents а close-mid back rounded vowel: [o] (but [vo] word-initially).
- A letter used in Armenian dialectology. Represents the diphthong [u͡o]. Transliterated as uo.
The word-initial pronunciation of this letter as [vɔ] is a post-classical development. In modern Armenian, the older pronunciation is preserved only in the word ով (ov) and its derivatives, and also in the traditional orthography spelling of օվկիանոս (ōvkianos).
- (The Armenian script): Աա Բբ Գգ Դդ Եե Զզ Էէ Ըը Թթ Ժժ Իի Լլ Խխ Ծծ Կկ Հհ Ձձ Ղղ Ճճ Մմ Յյ Նն Շշ Ոո Չչ Պպ Ջջ Ռռ Սս Վվ Տտ Րր Ցց Ււ Փփ Քք Օօ Ֆֆ
- (Letter combinations): ու և ﬔ ﬕ ﬓ ﬗ ﬖ
- (Dialectological): ՠ / ա̈ ա̊ ա̄ ը̂ է̀ էօ / օ̈ էօ̀ / օ̈̀ իւ / ո̈ւ գյ կյ քյ հյ բՙ դՙ գՙ ձՙ ջՙ ղՙ ֈ ʔ
- (Punctuation): ՙ ՚ ՛ ՜ ՝ ՞ ՟ ․ ։ ֊
- (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍
- Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009), Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, § 1.1.2
- 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][1] (in Russian), Moscow: Academia, page 324
- ով (ov) (before vowels)
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, but Martirosyan prefers derivation from *yós.
ո՞ • (o?)
- (interrogative) who?
ո՞, ո՞ ոք ― o?, o? okʻ ― who?
ո՞ ի ձէնջ իշխեսցէ առնել զայդ ― o? i jēnǰ išxescʻē aṙnel zayd ― who among you dare do that?
ո՞ ոք ի մարդկանէ ― o? okʻ i mardkanē ― who is he that ...?
գիտեմ ո՛ է դա ― gitem ó ē da ― I know who he is
ո՛ ոք եւ իցէ ― ó okʻ ew icʻē ― whoever he may be
ո՞յր է մատեանս ― o?yr ē mateans ― whose book is this?
զո՞ խնդրէք ― zo? xndrēkʻ ― whom do you seek?
ո՞յր ես ― o?yr es ― who are you for?
ո՞ւմ ասացեր ― u?m asacʻer ― to whom have you spoken?
ո՞ գիտէ ― o? gitē ― who knows?
ո՞յք ոմանք իցեն ― o?ykʻ omankʻ icʻen ― who are they who ...?
ո՞ւմ ի կապելոց ― u?m i kapelocʻ ― to which of the prisoners?
յո՞ւմ անձին ― yu?m anjin ― on which person?
ո՞յք եմք ― o?ykʻ emkʻ ― who are we?
ո եւ պէտ ― o ew pēt ― whoever it may be
յոյր սակս/սակի ― yoyr saks/saki ― why? on what account? for what reason?
ում եւ պետ ― um ew pet ― whatever, whatsoever
pronominal
| | singular | plural | | | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | nominative | ո (o) | ոյք (oykʻ) | | genitive | ոյր (oyr) | ո (o) | | dative | ում (um) | ոյց (oycʻ) | | accusative | ո (o) | ոյս (oys) | | ablative | ումէ, ումմէ (umē, ummē) | ոյց (oycʻ) | | instrumental | որով* (orov*) | որովք* (orovkʻ*) | | locative | ում (um) | ոյս (oys) |
this pronoun has no instrumental forms; they are filled by instrumentals of որ (or)
յո (yo)
ումպետ (umpet)
ոմն (omn)
որ (or)
ոք (okʻ)
Armenian: ով (ov)
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979), “ո”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Awetikʻean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ո”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 523
Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879), “ո”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
ո • (vo or o)
- A letter of the Armeno-Turkish script, named վօ (vo). Represents mid back rounded vowel: [v]. Transliterated according to its Armenian pronunciation.
This letter is only used in Armenian loans and in the formation of the digraph ու (u).