Lingoflyև — yev
«yev» is a ligature of the Armenian script, read as “yev at the start, ev after a consonant”. 'Yev' at the start of a word and as a word of its own ('and'); after a consonant 'ev': Բարև (barev), Երևան (Yerevan). For example, in the word “Բարև” (barev) — hello. The Armenian alphabet has 39 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. Ե and ւ grown into one letter. It has no uppercase form: at the start of a word write Եվ (yev).
In short
| Character | և |
| Name | yev |
| Sound | yev at the start, ev after a consonant |
| What it is | a ligature |
In our course the character comes 4th of 40: the order here is not alphabetical but from familiar to unfamiliar, its neighbours in the course are ր and վ, appears in 89 words of this site.
How to type և
- On a phone: add the Armenian keyboard in the keyboard settings (Gboard on Android; Keyboards in the iPhone settings).
- In Word on Windows: type U+0587 and press Alt+X right after it — the code turns into the character.
- On a Mac: switch to the Unicode Hex Input source, hold Option and type 0587.
- Unicode code point: U+0587. With it, the character can be found in the character map of any system.
How it sounds
'Yev' at the start of a word and as a word of its own ('and'); after a consonant 'ev': Բարև (barev), Երևան (Yerevan)
The character in a word
A lone character is hard to remember: memory holds on to meaning, and a letter has none. The word it stands in provides that anchor.
The character in the “ligature” group
ե and ւ grown together. It has no uppercase form: at the start of a word write Եվ (yev).
Words with this character
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound (for «yev» it is “yev at the start, ev after a consonant”, as in the word “Բարև” (barev)), see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 39 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Armenian character և read?
As “yev at the start, ev after a consonant” — it is a ligature of the Armenian script. 'Yev' at the start of a word and as a word of its own ('and'); after a consonant 'ev': Բարև (barev), Երևան (Yerevan). For example, in the word “Բարև” (barev) — hello.
What is the letter և called?
Yev. A character's name and its sound are different things in the Armenian script: it is called “yev” and reads as “yev at the start, ev after a consonant”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.