Men (Armenian letter)
Men (majuscule: Մ; minuscule: մ; Armenian: մեն) is the twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the bilabial nasal (/m/) in both Eastern and Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the letter M.[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 200.[2]
| Men | |
|---|---|
| Մ մ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Phonetic usage | m |
| Unicode codepoint | U+544, U+574 |
| Alphabetical position | 20 Numerical value: 200 |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 200 |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Character codes
| Preview | Մ | մ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER MEN | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER MEN | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1348 | U+0544 | 1396 | U+0574 |
| UTF-8 | 213 132 | D5 84 | 213 180 | D5 B4 |
| Numeric character reference | Մ | Մ | մ | մ |
See also
- che, the letter preceding Men in the Armenian alphabet
- Armenian alphabet
References
- "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
- "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com.
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