Armenian

Alternative forms

• և ‎(ew)

Letter

եւ

1. The 37th letter of Armenian alphabet according to the spelling reform of the Armenian language of 1922-1924. Represents [ɛv] (but [jɛv] word-initially). Transliterated as ew.

Usage notes

• This ligature was declared an independent letter as a result of the spelling reform of the Armenian language during the Soviet era (1922–1924). The reform was not accepted by the Armenian diaspora outside the USSR which continues to treat և/եւ as a simple ligature of ե ‎(e) + ւ ‎(w) and not as an independent letter, in line with Traditional Armenian orthography.
• When used in sentence case, the capital form of the letter is Եվ. However, in all caps text it is ԵՎ.

See also

• (The Armenian script): Աա   Բբ   Գգ   Դդ   Եե   Զզ   Էէ   Ըը   Թթ   Ժժ   Իի   Լլ   Խխ   Ծծ   Կկ   Հհ   Ձձ   Ղղ   Ճճ   Մմ   Յյ   Նն   Շշ   Ոո   Չչ   Պպ   Ջջ   Ռռ   Սս   Վվ   Տտ   Րր   Ցց   Ււ   Փփ   Քք   Օօ   Ֆֆ
• (Letter combinations): ու   և   ﬔ   ﬕ   ﬓ   ﬗ   ﬖ
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian եւ ‎(ew); see it for more.

Alternative forms

• յեվ ‎(yev) (reformed orthography spelling in 1922–1940)

Conjunction

եւ • ‎(ew)

1. (somewhat formal) and

Synonyms

• ու ‎(u)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi ‎(“at, near”).

Conjunction

եւ • ‎(ew)

1. and; also, likewise

   եւ ..., եւ ...‎ ― ew ..., ew ... ― both ... and ...

   եւ ոչ‎ ― ew očʿ ― neither, no, nor

   ոչ մին եւ ոչ միւսն‎ ― očʿ min ew očʿ miwsn ― neither; neither one nor the other

   եւ երիտասարդ եւ ծերք‎ ― ew eritasard ew cerkʿ ― both young and old

   եւ այլն‎ ― ew ayln ― et cetera, and so on

   եւ այն զի, եւ այս զի‎ ― ew ayn zi, ew ays zi ― the more so

   եւ արդ‎ ― ew ard ― now, then

   եւ եւս‎ ― ew ews ― also, more, over, still, moreover, likewise

   եւ զի, եւ քանզի‎ ― ew zi, ew kʿanzi ― since, because

   չեւ, չեւ եւս‎ ― čʿew, čʿew ews ― not yet; not till now

   չեւ տեսեալ‎ ― čʿew teseal ― before seeing

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: եւ ‎(ew)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “եւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “եւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “եւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 10