Nu (Armenian letter)

Not to be confused with մ.
Nu
Ն ն
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound values[n] [ŋ]
In UnicodeU+0546, U+0576
Alphabetical position22
History
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers400
Writing directionLeft-to-right

Nu, or Now (majuscule: Ն; minuscule: ն; Armenian: նու) is the 22nd letter in the Armenian alphabet. It is pronounced as the voiced alveolar nasal /n/ or the voiced velar nasal /ŋ/ before a velar consonant.[1] It is typically romanized with the letter N.[2] Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it can also represent the number 400 in the Armenian number system.[3]

Computing codes

Character information
Preview Ն ն
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER NOW ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER NOW
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1350 U+0546 1398 U+0576
UTF-8 213 134 D5 86 213 182 D5 B6
Numeric character reference Ն Ն ն ն
Various historic fonts

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wiktionary Armenia".
  2. ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
  3. ^ "ն տառը բացատրություն, n tary bacatrutyun, ն տառը հոմանիշ, ն տառը ռուսերեն թարգմանություն, ն տառը հականիշ, ն տառը անգլերեն թարգմանություն, ն տառը դարձվածքներ".
  • Ն on Wiktionary
  • ն on Wiktionary
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.