ա̈

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Letter ա (a) with an umlaut above.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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ա̈ (ä)

  1. A letter used in Armenian dialectology. Represents the near-open front vowel: [æ]. Transliterated as ä. Present in the Syunik, Artsakh, Hadrut, Agulis, Akhaltsikhe, and Van regional dialects. Formerly written as ՠ.
    ա̈րին (Syunik dialect)ärinblood
    բա̈ն (Artsakh dialect)bänsomething
    Հա̈դրութ (Hadrut dialect)HädrutʻHadrut (town)
    բա̈՛րա̈ն (Agulis dialect)bä́ränmouth
    մա̈՛ր (Janik/Ordu and various Hamshen dialects)mä́rmother
    հա̈՛ր (Janik/Ordu and various Hamshen dialects)hä́rfather

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1911) Hay barbaṙagitutʻiwn. Uruagic ew dasaworutʻiwn hay barbaṙneri (barbaṙagitakan kʻartēsov) (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 8) (in Armenian), Moscow and Nor Nakhichevan: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 9
  • Ovsepjan, L. S., Gevorkjan, G. G. (2013) “Армянские диалекты (общий обзор)”, in Yuri B.Koryakov and Andrej A. Kibrik, editors, Языки мира: Реликтовые индоевропейские языки Передней и Центральной Азии[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Academia, page 324