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In the Armenian calendar, dates are marked by the letters ԹՎ or the like, often with a line over, indicating "t'vin" ("in the year") followed by one to four letters, each of which stands for a number based on its order in the alphabet. In the Middle Ages, Armenians used a calendar that started in AD 552 as the beginning of the Armenian era. To translate into standard years, simply add 551 to the number. Thus, should you see an inscription reading ԹՎ ՈՀԳ, simply check the alphabet table below and see that this equals 600+70+3+551= the year 1224.

Alphabet:

	Name Eastern/Western	Lowercase	Uppercase	Transliteration Eastern/Western	num. Value
1	Ayb/Ayp	ա	Ա	a	1
2	Ben/Pen	բ	Բ	b/p	2
3	Gim/Keem	գ	Գ	g/k	3
4	Da/Ta	դ	Դ	d/t	4
5	Yech`	ե	Ե	ye/ye	5
6	Za	զ	Զ	z	6
7	Eh	է	Է	ē/eh	7
8	Ët`/Ut	ը	Ը	ə/ut	8
9	T`o/Toh	թ	Թ	t῾/t	9
10	Zhe	ժ	Ժ	ž/zh (as in azure)	10
11	Ini/Eenee	ի	Ի	i/i or e	20
12	Liun	լ	Լ	l	30
13	Xeh/Kheh (aspirated)	խ	Խ	x/kh	40
14	C'a/Dzah	ծ	Ծ	tz/dz	50
15	Ken/Gen (hard g)	կ	Կ	k/g	60
16	Ho	հ	Հ	h	70
17	Dz'a/Tsah	ձ	Ձ	dz/ts	80
18	Ghat/Ghad (French r)	ղ	Ղ	ł/gh (French r)	90
19	Cheh/Djeh	ճ	Ճ	č/j	100
20	Men	մ	Մ	m	200
21	Yi/Hee	յ	Յ	y/h or combined with other letters	300
22	Nu	ն	Ն	n	400
23	Sha	շ	Շ	sh/sh	500
24	Vo	ո	Ո	vo/vo or o	600
25	Ch`a	չ	Չ	ch/ch	700
26	Peh/Beh	պ	Պ	p/b	800
27	Jheh/Cheh	ջ	Ջ	j/ch	900
28	Rra (rolled)	ռ	Ռ	rr/ r (rolled)	1000
29	Seh	ս	Ս	s	2000
30	Vew/Vev	վ	Վ	v	3000
31	Tiun/Deoon	տ	Տ	t/d	4000
32	Reh	ր	Ր	r	5000
33	C`o/Tzoh	ց	Ց	č/tz	6000
34	Hiun/hyun	ւ	Ւ	w/v or combined with other letters	7000
35	P`iur/Pure	փ	Փ	p῾/p	8000
36	K`eh/Keh	ք	Ք	q/k	9000
37	Oh	օ	Օ	ō/o	10000
38	Feh	ֆ	Ֆ	f	20000