և

See also: and եւ

և U+0587, և
ARMENIAN SMALL LIGATURE ECH YIWN
ֆ
[U+0586]
Armenian ֈ
[U+0588]

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • եւ (ew) alternative typography

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛv], (word-initially or separately) IPA(key): [jɛv]
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Etymology 1

A ligature of ե + ւ.

Letter

և

և lowercase (uppercase ԵՒ, title-case Եւ)

  1. The 37th letter of Armenian alphabet according to Reformed Orthography. Represents [ɛv] (but [jɛv] word-initially and separately). Transliterated as ew.
Usage notes
See also

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian և (ew). As an inheritance, survives only in the Suceava dialect.

Conjunction

և • (ew)

  1. (somewhat formal) and
    Synonym: ու (u)
Alternative forms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (at, near). Related to ու (u).

Conjunction

և • (ew)

  1. and; also, likewise
    եւ ..., եւ ...ew ..., ew ...both ... and ...
    եւ ոչew očʻneither, no, nor
    ոչ մին եւ ոչ միւսնočʻ min ew očʻ miwsnneither; neither one nor the other
    եւ երիտասարդ եւ ծերքew eritasard ew cerkʻboth young and old
    եւ այլնew aylnet cetera, and so on
    եւ այն զի, եւ այս զիew ayn zi, ew ays zithe more so
    եւ արդew ardnow, then
    եւ եւսew ewsalso, more, over, still, moreover, likewise
    եւ զի, եւ քանզիew zi, ew kʻanzisince, because
    չեւ, չեւ եւսčʻew, čʻew ewsnot yet; not till now
    չեւ տեսեալčʻew tesealbefore seeing

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: եւ (ew) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “և”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “և”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 386
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 10
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “և”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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