Armenian Alphabets
- Ornate Alphabet
- The Alphabet with Transliteration in Various Languages
- The English Alphabet with Armenian Transliteration
- The Numerical Values of Armenian Letters
- Serge Mouraviev’s Table
with the kind permission of the author, Mrs. Seeroon Yeretzian
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The Alphabet with Transliteration in Various Languages
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Letter name |
Transliteration used par CDMF |
Prounced in… this way |
Numerical value |
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French |
English |
German |
Italian |
Russian |
Greek |
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?, ? |
??? - ayp |
a |
ma |
car |
Adam |
amo |
?? |
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1 |
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?, ? |
??? - pen |
p |
page |
port |
Park |
parlo |
????? |
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2 |
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?, ? |
??? - kim |
k |
képi |
kind |
Kind |
chilo |
???? |
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3 |
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?, ? |
?? - ta |
t |
ta |
time |
Tisch |
tavolo |
???? |
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4 |
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?, ? |
?? - yetch |
In the initial position : yé |
yen |
yet |
jede |
jod |
?????? |
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5 |
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In mid-word position : é |
les (lai) |
get |
Ende |
era |
??????? |
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?, ? |
?? - za |
z |
zèbre |
zest |
Sehen |
raso |
???? |
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6 |
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?, ? |
? - é |
é |
les (laie) |
bed |
Ende |
ecco |
?????? |
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7 |
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?, ? |
?? - et |
e |
me |
about |
machen |
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??????? |
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8 |
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?, ? |
?? - to |
t |
Toto |
time |
Tisch |
tavolo |
??????? |
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9 |
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?, ? |
?? - jé |
j |
jour |
pleasure |
Journal |
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????? |
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10 |
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?, ? |
??? - ini |
i |
mine |
miss |
innen |
italiano |
???? |
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20 |
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?, ? |
???? - lioun |
l |
lion |
lamp |
Leer |
lezione |
?????? |
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30 |
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?, ? |
?? - khé |
Kh |
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Bach |
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x??????? |
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40 |
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?, ? |
?? - dza |
Gz |
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Zucchini |
mezzo |
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50 |
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?, ? |
??? - guen |
g or gu |
gare |
get |
gerne |
gatto |
??? |
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60 |
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?, ? |
?? - ho |
h |
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heed |
Hammer |
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???????? |
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70 |
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?, ? |
?? - tza |
Tz |
tzigane |
adze |
Zimmer |
zampa |
????? |
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80 |
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?, ? |
??? - ghad |
Gh |
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R (bavarois) |
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? |
90 |
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?, ? |
?? -djé |
Dj |
djinn |
agent |
Dschungel |
Giovanni |
???? |
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100 |
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?, ? |
??? - mèn |
m |
ma |
might |
Maria |
Maria |
????? |
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200 |
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?, ? |
?? -hi |
In the initial position : h |
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he |
Hammer |
|
???? |
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300 |
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After a vowel : y |
yack |
yard |
jammer |
Iago |
???? |
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?, ? |
??? - nou |
n |
nom |
nine |
Nord |
nome |
??? |
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400 |
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?, ? |
?? - cha |
ch |
chat |
short |
Schule |
scena |
???? |
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500 |
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?, ? |
?? - vo |
In the initial position : vo |
vote |
voyage |
wo |
vela |
????? |
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600 |
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In mid-word position : o |
mot |
oral |
oben |
Dio |
?????? |
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?, ? |
?? - tcha |
Tch |
tchèque |
church |
Deutsch |
cena |
??? |
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700 |
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?, ? |
?? - bé |
b |
bâtir |
boat |
Bauer |
basta |
?????? |
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800 |
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?, ? |
?? - dch |
Dch |
badge |
large |
Jonny |
bigio |
?????? |
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900 |
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?, ? |
?? - ra |
R (lingual) |
Raoul |
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Rose |
Roma |
????? |
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1 000 |
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?, ? |
?? - sé |
s or ss |
sauce |
site |
gross |
sasso |
??????? |
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2 000 |
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?, ? |
??? - vèv |
v |
voix |
voice |
wer |
voce |
???? |
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3 000 |
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?, ? |
???? - dioun |
d |
dehors |
door |
dort |
donna |
?????? |
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4 000 |
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?, ? |
?? - ré |
r (liquid) |
rose |
rose |
Armer |
Travola |
??? |
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5 000 |
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?, ? |
?? - tso |
Ts |
tsar |
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Mütze |
grazie |
???? |
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6 000 |
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?, ? |
???? - hiun |
v |
grève |
|
ewig |
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7 000 |
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?, ? |
???? - piur |
p |
pot |
port |
Park |
pace |
??????? |
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8 000 |
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?, ? |
?? - ké |
k |
képi |
kind |
Kilo |
chiave |
???? |
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9 000 |
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?, ? |
? - o |
o |
oasis |
more |
Oskar |
odio |
???? |
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(*) |
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?, ? |
?? - fé |
f |
fable |
fine |
Franz |
fare |
???? |
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(*) |
(*)The alphabet invented by Mashtots had 36 letters. The last two, added in the XIIth century, have no numerical value.
The English alphabet with Armenian transliteration
Transliteration Table
Key to effective use of this dictionary(*)
How to prononce
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English letter |
Coresponding in Armenian |
Prononciation as in |
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A |
? |
arm |
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B |
? |
baby |
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C |
? – ? |
key, car |
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D |
? |
dear |
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E |
? |
egg |
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F |
? |
fire |
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G |
? |
go |
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H |
h |
home |
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I |
? |
ill |
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J |
? |
joke |
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K |
? – ? |
key, cat, quick |
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L |
? |
love |
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M |
? |
my |
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N |
? |
nice |
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O |
? |
open |
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P |
? – ? |
paint |
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Q |
? – ? |
quick, key, cat |
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R |
? – ? |
red |
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S |
? |
say |
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T |
? – ? |
tea |
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U |
? |
until |
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V |
? |
voice |
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W |
???, ???, ???? |
way, we, wood |
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X |
?? |
fax |
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Y |
? |
ready |
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Z |
? |
zoo |
(*) According to the dictionary :
English-Armenian Dictionary, with Transliteration
Ohannes Hannessian
Shirak Printing & Bookstore, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1999
The numerical values of Armenian letters
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Armenian letter
|
Numerical value
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Armenian letter
|
Numerical value
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?, ? |
1 |
?, ? |
200 |
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?, ? |
2 |
?, ? |
300 |
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?, ? |
3 |
?, ? |
400 |
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?, ? |
4 |
?, ? |
500 |
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?, ? |
5 |
?, ? |
600 |
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?, ? |
6 |
?, ? |
700 |
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?, ? |
7 |
?, ? |
800 |
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?, ? |
8 |
?, ? |
900 |
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?, ? |
9 |
?, ? |
1 000 |
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?, ? |
10 |
?, ? |
2 000 |
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?, ? |
20 |
?, ? |
3 000 |
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?, ? |
30 |
?, ? |
4 000 |
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?, ? |
40 |
?, ? |
5 000 |
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?, ? |
50 |
?, ? |
6 000 |
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?, ? |
60 |
?, ? |
7 000 |
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?, ? |
70 |
?, ? |
8 000 |
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?, ? |
80 |
?, ? |
9 000 |
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?, ? |
90 |
?, ? |
10 000 * |
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?, ? |
100 |
?, ? |
20 000 * |
* The alphabet invented by Mashtots had 36 letters. The last two, added in the XIIth Century, have no numerical value. However they’ve been ascribed 10,000 & 20,000 respectively.
With the kind permission of the author from the book:
Erkataguir – ?????????, Or How the Armenian Alphabet Was Born, Academia Verlag – Sankt Augustin, 2010, pp. 12-13.
Table (pdf, 505 ko)
Legends of the Table (pdf, 303 ko)
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14/08/2024