The Alphabet

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

Ornate Alphabet

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The Alphabet with Transliteration in Various Languages

	Letter name	Transliteration used par CDMF	Prounced in… this way						Numerical value
	Letter name	Transliteration used par CDMF	French	English	German	Italian	Russian	Greek	Numerical value
Ա, ա	այբ - ayp	a	ma	car	Adam	amo	да		1
Բ, բ	բեն - pen	p	page	port	Park	parlo	прямо		2
Գ, գ	գիմ - kim	k	képi	kind	Kind	chilo	кино		3
Դ, դ	դա - ta	t	ta	time	Tisch	tavolo	твой		4
Ե, ե	եչ - yetch	In the initial position : yé	yen	yet	jede	jod	Ельцин		5
Ե, ե	եչ - yetch	In mid-word position : é	les (lai)	get	Ende	era	четверг		5
Զ, զ	զա - za	z	zèbre	zest	Sehen	raso	виза		6
Է, է	է - é	é	les (laie)	bed	Ende	ecco	экипаж		7
Ը, ը	ըթ - et	e	me	about	machen		конфеты		8
Թ, թ	թո - to	t	Toto	time	Tisch	tavolo	телефон		9
Ժ, ժ	ժէ - jé	j	jour	pleasure	Journal		жарко		10
Ի, ի	ինի - ini	i	mine	miss	innen	italiano	Иван		20
Լ, լ	լիւն - lioun	l	lion	lamp	Leer	lezione	лебедь		30
Խ, խ	խէ - khé	Kh			Bach		xарактер		40
Ծ, ծ	ծա - dza	Gz			Zucchini	mezzo			50
Կ, կ	կեն - guen	g or gu	gare	get	gerne	gatto	гид		60
Հ, հ	հո - ho	h		heed	Hammer		хоккеист		70
Ձ, ձ	ձա - tza	Tz	tzigane	adze	Zimmer	zampa	циник		80
Ղ, ղ	ղատ - ghad	Gh				R (bavarois)		γ	90
Ճ, ճ	ճէ -djé	Dj	djinn	agent	Dschungel	Giovanni	джаз		100
Մ, մ	մեն - mèn	m	ma	might	Maria	Maria	метро		200
Յ, յ	յի -hi	In the initial position : h		he	Hammer		йорк		300
Յ, յ	յի -hi	After a vowel : y	yack	yard	jammer	Iago	юбка		300
Ն, ն	նու - nou	n	nom	nine	Nord	nome	нос		400
Շ, շ	շա - cha	ch	chat	short	Schule	scena	шарф		500
Ո, ո	վո - vo	In the initial position : vo	vote	voyage	wo	vela	водка		600
		In mid-word position : o	mot	oral	oben	Dio	футбол		600
Չ, չ	չա - tcha	Tch	tchèque	church	Deutsch	cena	чай		700
Պ, պ	պէ - bé	b	bâtir	boat	Bauer	basta	футбол		800
Ջ, ջ	ջէ - dch	Dch	badge	large	Jonny	bigio	чихать		900
Ռ, ռ	ռա - ra	R (lingual)	Raoul		Rose	Roma	Ирина		1 000
Ս, ս	սէ - sé	s or ss	sauce	site	gross	sasso	стадион		2 000
Վ, վ	վեւ - vèv	v	voix	voice	wer	voce	ваза		3 000
Տ, տ	տիւն - dioun	d	dehors	door	dort	donna	доктор		4 000
Ր, ր	րէ - ré	r (liquid)	rose	rose	Armer	Travola	рис		5 000
Ց, ց	ցո - tso	Ts	tsar		Mütze	grazie	царь		6 000
Ւ, ւ	հիւն - hiun	v	grève		ewig				7 000
Փ, փ	փիւր - piur	p	pot	port	Park	pace	паспорт		8 000
Ք, ք	քէ - ké	k	képi	kind	Kilo	chiave	кофе		9 000
Օ, օ	օ - o	o	oasis	more	Oskar	odio	офис		(*)
Ֆ, ֆ	ֆէ - fé	f	fable	fine	Franz	fare	факс		(*)

(*)The alphabet invented by Mashtots had 36 letters. The last two, added in the XII^th century, have no numerical value.

The English alphabet with Armenian transliteration

Transliteration Table

Key to effective use of this dictionary⁽*⁾

How to prononce

English letter

Coresponding in Armenian

Prononciation as in

A	ա	arm
B	պ	baby
C	գ – ք	key, car
D	տ	dear
E	է	egg
F	ֆ	fire
G	կ	go
H	h	home
I	ի	ill
J	ճ	joke
K	գ – ք	key, cat, quick
L	լ	love
M	մ	my
N	ն	nice
O	օ	open
P	բ – փ	paint
Q	գ – ք	quick, key, cat
R	ր – ռ	red
S	ս	say
T	դ – թ	tea
U	ը	until
V	վ	voice
W	ուէ, ուի, ուու	way, we, wood
X	քս	fax
Y	ի	ready
Z	զ	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

Armenian letter	Numerical value	Armenian letter	Numerical value
Ա, ա	1	Մ, մ	200
Բ, բ	2	Յ, յ	300
Գ, գ	3	Ն, ն	400
Դ, դ	4	Շ, շ	500
Ե, ե	5	Ո, ո	600
Զ, զ	6	Չ, չ	700
Է, է	7	Պ, պ	800
Ը, ը	8	Ջ, ջ	900
Թ, թ	9	Ռ, ռ	1 000
Ժ, ժ	10	Ս, ս	2 000
Ի, ի	20	Վ, վ	3 000
Լ, լ	30	Տ, տ	4 000
Խ, խ	40	Ր, ր	5 000
Ծ, ծ	50	Ց, ց	6 000
Կ, կ	60	Ւ, ւ	7 000
Հ, հ	70	Փ, փ	8 000
Ձ, ձ	80	Ք, ք	9 000
Ղ, ղ	90	Օ, օ	10 000 *
Ճ, ճ	100	Ֆ, ֆ	20 000 *

* The alphabet invented by Mashtots had 36 letters. The last two, added in the XII^th Century, have no numerical value. However they’ve been ascribed 10,000 & 20,000 respectively.

Serge Mouraviev’s table

With the kind permission of the author from the book:

Erkataguir – Երկաթագիր, 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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Last update
14/03/2024