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Traditional Orthography: Ր vs Ռ

There are few words that start with either. However, the most common start with ռ:

  • ռետին
  • ռազմիկ
  • ռումբ
  • ռոճիկ

There are fewer words starting with ր:

  • րոպէ
  • րոպէական
  • Րաֆֆի

Within words ռ is usually written before ն:

  • առնել
  • դառնալ
  • բռնել
  • սպառնալ

Exceptions:

  • կրնալ
  • գարնան
  • գարուն

Before consonants other than ն, the letter ր is normally written:

  • մարդ
  • երթալ
  • բուրդ
  • երդում
  • վարդ

Exceptions:

  • ձեռք
  • փառք
  • կառք

Words, which in Classical Armenian, ended in ռն have dropped the final ն leaving the following words with a final ռ

  • դուռ
  • ամառ
  • ձմեռ
  • լեռ
  • թոռ

*All rules have been taken from:

Modern Western Armenian For The English-speaking World by Dora Sakayan.

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