օ

See also: Օ, o, and O

Character	օ U+0585, օ
Name	ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER OH
Block	Armenian
← ք [U+0584] [U+0586] ֆ →

Armenian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ο ‎(o). Introduced at the end of the 11th century to replace the diphthong աւ ‎(aw), which by then had begun to be pronounced as [o], e.g. աւգոստոս ‎(awgostos) became օգոստոս ‎(ōgostos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o]

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Letter

օ

օ lowercase (uppercase Օ)

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

Usage notes

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

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    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍