Gim (Armenian letter)

Gim
Գ գ
Typogrraphic upper and lower case of the letter Gim
Handwritten upper and lower case of the letter Gim
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound valuesg (Eastern Armenian)
(Western Armenian)
In UnicodeU+0533, U+0563
Alphabetical position3
History
Development
Time period405 to present
TransliterationsG
Other
Associated numbers3

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]

Character codes

Character information
Preview Գ գ
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
Various historic forms

References

  1. ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF). Retrieved 1 Feb 2023.
  2. ^ "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 1 Feb 2023.
  • Գ on Wiktionary
  • գ on Wiktionary