՟

Armenian

The word Աստուած (Astuac, “God”) abbreviated. Only first and last letters are written.

The word Սուրբ (Surb, “Holy”) abbreviated. Only first and last letters are written.

Punctuation mark

1. Armenian abbreviation mark. It was placed on top of the part of the word to indicate that it was abbreviated. Called պատիվ (pativ) in Armenian.

Usage notes

• Not used in modern Armenian.
• The sign should be placed on top of a letter, but most current fonts do not do that: they show it following a letter, e.g. Ած՟ (Ac.).
• The most common abbreviations were:

  Ած՟ (Ac.) = Աստուած (Astuac)

  Այ՟ (Ay.) = Աստուածոյ (Astuacoy)

  յԱյ՟ (yAy.) = յԱստուածոյ (yAstuacoy)

  Ավ՟ (Av.) = Աստուածով (Astuacov)

  ամ՟ (am.) = ամենայն (amenayn)

  պտ՟ (pt.) = պատասխանի (patasxani)

  սբ՟ (sb.) = սուրբ (surb)

  -ութի՟ (-utʻi.) = -ութիւն (-utʻiwn), -ութե՟ (-utʻe.) = -ութեան (-utʻean), -ութէ՟ (-utʻē.) = -ութենէ (-utʻenē)

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
• (Dialectological): ՠ / ա̈   ա̊   ա̄   ը̂   է̀   էօ / օ̈   էօ̀ / օ̈̀   իւ / ո̈ւ   գ^յ   կ^յ   ք^յ   հ^յ   բՙ   դՙ   գՙ   ձՙ   ջՙ   ղՙ   ֈ   ʔ  
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍

References

• Tumanjan, Eteri (1971) Древнеармянский язык [The Old Armenian Language]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 19