օ

See also: Օ, o, and O

օ	U+0585, օ ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER OH

← ք
[U+0584]

Armenian

ֆ →
[U+0586]

Armenian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɔ]
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Letter

օ

օ lowercase (uppercase Օ)

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

Usage notes

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