Ayb (letter)

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 (aybuben), meaning "alphabet." It is one of the letters originally created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century.

Ayb
Ա ա
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Phonetic usage[ɑ]
Unicode valueU+0531, U+0561
Alphabetical position1
Numerical value: 1
History
Development
        • Ա ա
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers1

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 Georgian letter oni (ⴍ).

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewԱա
Unicode nameARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER AYBARMENIAN SMALL LETTER AYB
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode1329U+05311377U+0561
UTF-8212 177D4 B1213 161D5 A1
Numeric character referenceԱԱաա

Braille form

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See also

References

  • Ա on Wiktionary
  • ա on Wiktionary
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