Et or Yt (majuscule: Ը: minuscule: ը; Armenian: ըթ) is the eighth letter of the Armenian alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century. It has a numerical value of 8.[1] It represents the mid-central unrounded vowel (/ə/), like the a in ago. This letter is similar to the Armenian letter Րր except that it has a horizontal line jutting to the right from the bottom.

Et
Ը ը
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound valuesə
In UnicodeU+538, U+568
Alphabetical position8
Numerical value: 8
History
Development
  • Ը ը
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers8
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.

This letter is unique to its own right; it can only appear in the beginning and the end of a word. Because of this, any pronunciations of this vowel in the middle of any word will be transcribed as having no Et (for example, the word փրկել has ə, but its transcription has no ը).[clarification needed]

Computing codes

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Character information
Preview Ը ը
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER ET ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER ET
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1336 U+0538 1384 U+0568
UTF-8 212 184 D4 B8 213 168 D5 A8
Numeric character reference Ը Ը ը ը
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References

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  1. ^ "Ը տառը բացատրություն, y tary bacatrutyun, ը տառը հոմանիշ, ը տառը ռուսերեն թարգմանություն, ը տառը հականիշ, ը տառը անգլերեն թարգմանություն, ը տառը դարձվածքներ".
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