Tyun (Armenian letter)

Tyun
Տ տ
Shghagir variant of Tyun
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound values[t]
[d]
In UnicodeU+054F, U+057F
Alphabetical position31
History
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers4000

Tyun, Tyown, or Tiwn (majuscule: Տ; minuscule: տ; Armenian: տյուն; Classical Armenian: տիւն) is the thirty-first letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiceless alveolar plosive /t/ in Eastern Armenian and the voiced alveolar plosive /d/ in Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the letter T (or D, depending on the dialect).[1] Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 4000.[2] The uppercase Տ is similar to the Latin uppercase S, whilst the lowercase տ is like a ligature of the lowercase u and n.

Various historic fonts

Computing codes

Character information
Preview Տ տ
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER TIWN ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER TIWN
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1359 U+054F 1407 U+057F
UTF-8 213 143 D5 8F 213 191 D5 BF
Numeric character reference Տ Տ տ տ

See also

References

  1. ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Տ տառը բացատրություն, t tary bacatrutyun, տ տառը հոմանիշ, տ տառը ռուսերեն թարգմանություն, տ տառը հականիշ, տ տառը անգլերեն թարգմանություն, տ տառը դարձվածքներ".
  • Տ on Wiktionary
  • տ on Wiktionary