կ

See also: վ, Կ, Վ, կ-, and ч

կ U+056F, կ ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER KEN ← ծ [U+056E] Armenian հ → [U+0570]

Armenian

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [kə]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɡə]

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Letter

կ

կ lowercase (uppercase Կ)

1. The 15th letter of Armenian alphabet, called կեն (ken). Transliterated as k.
   Represents:

   voiceless velar plosive: [k] in Eastern Armenian and Armenian dialectology

   voiced velar plosive: [ɡ] in Western Armenian

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

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, § 1.1.2.1, pages 17–18