Английская Википедия:Ayb (Armenian letter)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Expand Russian Шаблон:Infobox grapheme Ayb (majuscule: Ա; minuscule: ա; Armenian: այբ) is the first letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 1.[1] It represents the open back unrounded vowel (/ɑ/) in both variants of the Armenian language. This letter and the letter Ben (Բ բ) are the two first letters in the Armenian alphabet and forms the etymology of the Armenian word այբուբեն (Шаблон:Not a typo), meaning "alphabet." It is one of the letters originally created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century.

Its prototype is considered to be the Greek letter α (alpha) with the upper arc cut off. A number of Armenian letters are formed in a similar fashion.

It is homoglyphic to the IPA symbol for the close back unrounded vowel, the Cyrillic letter Sha (Шш), the former Zhuang letter Ɯɯ used from 1957 to 1986, and the Nushkuri form of the Georgian letter oni (ⴍ).

Distribution

The letter Ա occurs mainly in initial or medial word positions and very rarely in final position. This is explained by the fact that the Proto-Armenian language dropped off word-final vowels in multisyllabic words.

Meanings

As a unit it is a symbol of God. This is because the words "Աստվաց" (God) and "Արարիչ" (Creator) begin with it. Thus, the symbolism of it corresponds to the Greek letter "alpha" in the Book of Revelation, where the Lord says, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end." (Шаблон:Bibleverse).

Computing codes

Шаблон:Charmap

Related characters and other similar characters

Braille form

See also

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

  • Ա on Wiktionary
  • ա on Wiktionary

Шаблон:Armenian letters