Gim, Kim, or K’im (majuscule: Գ; minuscule: գ; Armenian: գիմ) is the third letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiced velar plosive /g/ in Eastern Armenian and the aspirated voiceless velar plosive /kʰ/ in Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the letter G.[1] It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century CE. In the Armenian numeral system, it has a value of 3.[2]
| Armenian letter Gim | |
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| Գ գ | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Sound values | g (Eastern Armenian) kʰ (Western Armenian) |
| In Unicode | U+533, U+563 |
| Alphabetical position | 3 Numerical value: 3 |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 3 |
Character codes
edit| Preview | Գ | գ | ||
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| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER GIM | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER GIM | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1331 | U+0533 | 1379 | U+0563 |
| UTF-8 | 212 179 | D4 B3 | 213 163 | D5 A3 |
| Numeric character reference | Գ |
Գ |
գ |
գ |
Gallery
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Rounded erkat'agir -
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Western Armenian Braille form Dots-12345 -
Capital letter «Gim» in XIII century manuscript
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References
edit- ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF). Retrieved 1 Feb 2023.
- ^ "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 1 Feb 2023.