օ

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օ U+0585, օ
ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER OH
ք
[U+0584]
Armenian ֆ
[U+0586]

Armenian

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Etymology

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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 [ɔ], e.g. աւգոստոս (awgostos) became օգոստոս (ōgostos).

Pronunciation

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Letter

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օ

օ lowercase (uppercase Օ)

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

Usage notes

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

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Ottoman Turkish

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Letter

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օ (o)

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

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