և

Character	և
Unicode name	ARMENIAN SMALL LIGATURE ECH YIWN
Codepoint	U+0587

Armenian

Alternative forms

• եւ (ew)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɛv], (word-initially) IPA: [jɛv]

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Etymology 1

Originally a ligature of ե + ւ.

Letter

և

և ligature

1. The 37th letter of Armenian alphabet according to spelling reform of the Armenian language of 1922-1924. Represents IPA: [ɛv] (but IPA: [jɛv] word-initially). Transliterated as ev.

Usage notes

• This ligature was declared an independent letter as a result of spelling reform of the Armenian language during Soviet era (1922-1924). The reform was not accepted by the Armenian diaspora outside the USSR which continues to treat և as a simple ligature of ե + ւ and not as an independent letter, in line with Traditional Armenian orthography. In Armenia too, the right of existence of such separate letter has repeatedly come into question.
• When used in sentence case, the capital form of the letter is Եվ. However, in all caps text it is ԵՎ.

See also

• (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
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ։   ֊

Etymology 2

Conjunction

և (ev)

1. (somewhat formal) and

Synonyms

• ու (u)

External links

• Search “և” in the Eastern Armenian National Corpus.