իւ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Taken from its pronunciation before a consonant in Western Armenian.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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իւ (iw)

  1. A letter formerly used in Armenian dialectology, nowadays usually written as ո̈ւ (ü). Represents the near-high front rounded vowel: [ʏ]. Transliterated as ü.

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References

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  • 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

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Instrumental case of the root ի- (i-).

Pronoun

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ի՞ւ (i?w)

  1. (interrogative) in what? with what? in what way, or manner?
    ի՞ւ գիտացիցi?w gitacʻicʻhow shall I know it?
    ի՞ւ իւիքi?w iwikʻin what way?
    ի՞ւ իւիք իցեմք ընդհատ ի նոցանէi?w iwikʻ icʻemkʻ əndhat i nocʻanēin what do we differ from them?

Ottoman Turkish

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Letter

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իւ (ü)

  1. A digraph used in the Armeno-Turkish script. Represents close front rounded vowel: [y]. Transliterated as ü.

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