Tyun, Tyown, or Tiwn (majuscule: Տ; minuscule: տ; ) is the thirty-first letter of the
Armenian alphabet
The Armenian alphabet (, or , ) or, more broadly, the Armenian script, is an alphabetic writing system developed for Armenian and occasionally used to write other languages. It is one of the three historical alphabets of the South Caucasu ...
with the sound /t/ or /d/. It has a numerical value of 4000.
The uppercase is similar to a
latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the Ancient Rome, ancient Romans to write the Latin language. Largely unaltered except several letters splitting—i.e. from , and from ...
uppercase
S, whilst the lowercase տ is like a ligature of lowercase
u and
n.
Computing codes
See also
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Armenian alphabet
The Armenian alphabet (, or , ) or, more broadly, the Armenian script, is an alphabetic writing system developed for Armenian and occasionally used to write other languages. It is one of the three historical alphabets of the South Caucasu ...
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Mesrop Mashtots
Mesrop Mashtots (; , ' 362February 17, 440 AD) was an Armenians, Armenian Linguistics, linguist, composer, Christian theology, theologian, Politician, statesman, and Hymnology, hymnologist. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic C ...
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T
References
External links
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Տ on Wiktionary
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տ on Wiktionary
Armenian letters
Armenian alphabet
Armenian language
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