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՟

՟

՟ U+055F, ՟
ARMENIAN ABBREVIATION MARK
[unassigned: U+0560]
՞
[U+055E]
Armenian ա
[U+0561]

Armenian

The word Աստուած (Astuac, God) abbreviated. Only first and last letters are written.
The word Սուրբ (Surb, Holy) abbreviated. Only first and last letters are written.

Punctuation mark

՟

  1. Armenian abbreviation mark. It was placed on top of the part of the word to indicate that it was abbreviated. Called պատիվ (pativ) in Armenian.

Usage notes

  • Not used in modern Armenian.
  • The sign should be placed on top of a letter, but most current fonts do not do that: they show it following a letter, e.g. Ած՟ (Ac.).
  • The most common abbreviations were:
    Ած՟ (Ac.) = Աստուած (Astuac)
    Այ՟ (Ay.) = Աստուածոյ (Astuacoy)
    յԱյ՟ (yAy.) = յԱստուածոյ (yAstuacoy)
    Ավ՟ (Av.) = Աստուածով (Astuacov)
    ամ՟ (am.) = ամենայն (amenayn)
    պտ՟ (pt.) = պատասխանի (patasxani)
    սբ՟ (sb.) = սուրբ (surb)
    -ութի՟ (-utʿi.) = -ութիւն (-utʿiwn), -ութե՟ (-utʿe.) = -ութեան (-utʿean), -ութէ՟ (-utʿē.) = -ութենէ (-utʿenē)

See also

References

  • Tumanjan, Eteri (1971) Drevnearmjanskij jazyk [The Old Armenian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 19