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Definition of Armenian alphabet
1. Noun. A writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armenian Alphabet
Literary usage of Armenian alphabet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"About 400 St. Mesrob invented the present Armenian alphabet (except two final
... For instance, the Armenian alphabet starts off with o, p, k, t, z, etc., ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"The Armenian alphabet was first applied to the translation of the Bible. But as
all Greek books had been destroyed, and the study of Greek was interdicted ..."
3. The World's History: A Survey of Man's Record by Hans Ferdinand Helmolt (1907)
"But the national union of the Armenian people took place under the auspices of
Byzantium. A national Armenian alphabet was designed by the holy Mesrob (f ..."
4. A General and Critical Introduction to the Study of Holy Scripture by Andrew Edward Breen (1897)
"When Mesrob had arranged the Armenian alphabet (406 AD) he undertook, under the
direction of the Patriarch Isaac, and with the aid of his principal ..."
5. Armenia and the Armenians from the Earliest Times Until the Great War (1914) by Kevork Aslan (1920)
"After eight years of research and effort, (404), Mesrop devised the thirty-six
letters of the Armenian alphabet which reproduce all of the sounds of that ..."
6. General Principles of the Structure of Language by James Byrne (1885)
"The Armenian alphabet has eight t- consonants, of some of which it is ... And then
the Armenian alphabet would contain the following consonants : k, ..."
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