կ

See also: վ, Կ, Վ, կ-, and ч

կ U+056F, կ ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER KEN ← ծ [U+056E] Armenian հ → [U+0570]

Armenian

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kə/, [kə]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡə/, [ɡə]

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Letter

կ

կ lowercase (uppercase Կ)

1. The 15th letter of Armenian alphabet, called կեն (ken). Transliterated as k.
   Represents:

   voiceless velar plosive: [k] in Eastern Armenian and Armenian dialectology

   voiced velar plosive: [ɡ] in Western Armenian

See also

• (The Armenian script): Աա   Բբ   Գգ   Դդ   Եե   Զզ   Էէ   Ըը   Թթ   Ժժ   Իի   Լլ   Խխ   Ծծ   Կկ   Հհ   Ձձ   Ղղ   Ճճ   Մմ   Յյ   Նն   Շշ   Ոո   Չչ   Պպ   Ջջ   Ռռ   Սս   Վվ   Տտ   Րր   Ցց   Ււ   Փփ   Քք   Օօ   Ֆֆ
• (Letter combinations): ու   և   ﬔ   ﬕ   ﬓ   ﬗ   ﬖ
• (Dialectological): ՠ / ա̈   ա̊   ա̄   ը̂   է̀   էօ / օ̈   էօ̀ / օ̈̀   իւ / ո̈ւ   գ^յ   կ^յ   ք^յ   հ^յ   բՙ   դՙ   գՙ   ձՙ   ջՙ   ղՙ   ֈ   ʔ  
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍

References

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, § 1.1.2.1, pages 17–18

Ottoman Turkish

Letter

կ • (g)

1. A letter of the Armeno-Turkish script, named կէն (gen). Represents voiced palatal plosive: [ɟ]. Transliterated as g.

Usage notes

Primarily used before a front vowel; i.e., before one of է (e), ի (i), էօ (ö), իւ (ü). Modern Turkish gâ etc. are represented as կեա etc., preserving the rule. Some authors write Modern Turkish palatal ğ with this letter, while others replace it with յ (y).

See also

• (The Armeno-Turkish script): Աա   Գգ   Եե   Զզ   Էէ   Ըը   Թթ   Ժժ   Իի   Լլ   Խխ   Կկ   Հհ   Ղղ   Ճճ   Մմ   Յյ   Նն   Շշ   Չչ   Պպ   Սս   Վվ   Տտ   Րր   Փփ   Քք   Օօ   Ֆֆ   ’
• (Primarily in Armenian words): Բբ   Դդ   Ծծ   Ձձ   Ջջ   Ոո   Ռռ   Ցց   Ււ
• (Letter combinations): էօ   իւ   ու   նկ   նղ  
• (Punctuation): ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ․   ։   ֊