Yew (Armenian letter)

Yew (minuscule: և; Armenian: և) is the 37th letter of the reformed Armenian alphabet. It is a ligature of the letters Yech (ե) and Hyun (ւ). Although Yew was used de facto before the orthography reform, it was not officially part of the alphabet.

Yew
և
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	[ɛv], [jɛv]
In Unicode	U+0587
Alphabetical position	37
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Unlike many letters in the Armenian alphabet, it has no numerical value.^[1]

Usage

In both varieties of Armenian, it is pronounced as [ɛv], but word-initially, it represents the [jɛv] sound.^[2]

This ligature has no majuscule form. When capitalized, it is written as Եվ (reformed orthography) or Եւ (classical orthography).

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	և
Unicode name	ARMENIAN SMALL LIGATURE ECH YIWN
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	1415	U+0587
UTF-8	214 135	D6 87
Numeric character reference	և	և

Related characters and other similar characters

• Ե ե : Armenian letter Yech
• Ւ ւ : Armenian letter Hyun
• U u : Latin letter U

See also

• Armenian alphabet
• Mesrop Mashtots