Hi (Armenian letter)

Hi
Յ յ
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound valuesj, h
In UnicodeU+0545, U+0575
Alphabetical position21
History
Time period405-present
Other
Associated numbers300
Writing directionLeft-to-right

Hi, or Yi (uppercase: Յ; lowercase: յ; Armenian: հի; Classical Armenian: յի) is the 21st letter of the Armenian alphabet. It is pronounced as the voiced palatal approximant [j], or the voiceless glottal fricative [h] word-initially and silent word-finally in Classical Armenian orthography.[1] It is typically romanized with the letter H, J or Y.[2] Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 300.[3]

Computing codes

Character information
Preview Յ յ
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER YI ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER YI
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1349 U+0545 1397 U+0575
UTF-8 213 133 D5 85 213 181 D5 B5
Numeric character reference Յ Յ յ յ
Various historic fonts

References

  1. ^ "Wiktionary".
  2. ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
  3. ^ "յ տառը բացատրություն, y tary bacatrutyun, յ տառը հոմանիշ, յ տառը ռուսերեն թարգմանություն, յ տառը հականիշ, յ տառը անգլերեն թարգմանություն, յ տառը դարձվածքներ".


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