և
և - Armenian
Alternative forms
- եւ (ew) – alternative typography
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ɛv], (word-initially or separately) IPA: [jɛv]
Letter
և
և lowercase (uppercase ԵՒ, title-case Եւ)
- The 37th letter of Armenian alphabet according to Reformed Orthography. Represents [ɛv] (but [jɛv] word-initially and separately). Transliterated as ew.
Usage notes
- This letter was created in the result of the spelling reform of the Armenian language of 1922–1924. The Traditional Armenian orthography treats և as a ligature of ե (e) + ւ (w) and not as a separate letter.
- When used in sentence case, the capital form of the letter is Եվ. However, in all caps text it is ԵՎ.
- Can be spelled as a digraph եւ (ew) both in reformed and traditional orthography.
Conjunction
և • (ew)
Alternative forms
- յեվ (yev) – reformed orthography spelling in 1922–1940
և - Old Armenian
Conjunction
և • (ew)
- and; also, likewise
- եւ ..., եւ ... ― ew ..., ew ... ― both ... and ...
- եւ ոչ ― ew očʿ ― neither, no, nor
- ոչ մին եւ ոչ միւսն ― očʿ min ew očʿ miwsn ― neither; neither one nor the other
- եւ երիտասարդ եւ ծերք ― ew eritasard ew cerkʿ ― both young and old
- եւ այլն ― ew ayln ― et cetera, and so on
- եւ այն զի, եւ այս զի ― ew ayn zi, ew ays zi ― the more so
- եւ արդ ― ew ard ― now, then
- եւ եւս ― ew ews ― also, more, over, still, moreover, likewise
- եւ զի, եւ քանզի ― ew zi, ew kʿanzi ― since, because
- չեւ, չեւ եւս ― čʿew, čʿew ews ― not yet; not till now
- չեւ տեսեալ ― čʿew teseal ― before seeing
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: եւ (ew) (learned)