T'o (Armenian letter)

T'o or To (majuscule: Թ; minuscule: թ; Armenian: թո; Classical Armenian: թօ) is the ninth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 9.[1] It is created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century AD. It represents the aspirated voiceless alveolar plosive (/tʰ/) on both Eastern and Western Armenian.

T'o
Թ թ
Shghagir variant of T'o
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Phonetic usage[tʰ]
Unicode codepointU+0539, U+0569
Alphabetical position9
Numerical value: 9
History
Development
Yerkatagir
  • Grchagir
    • Bolorgir
      • Notrgir
        • Թ թ
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers9
Writing directionLeft-to-Right

Its shape is similar to P; however this is not related.

Computing codes
Character information
PreviewԹթ
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER TO ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER TO
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1337U+05391385U+0569
UTF-8212 185D4 B9213 169D5 A9
Numeric character referenceԹԹթթ

Braille

References
  1. "թ տառը" (in Arabic).
  • Թ on Wiktionary
  • թ on Wiktionary
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