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'''Armenian numerals''' form a historic [[numeral system]] created using the [[majuscule]]s (uppercase letters) of the [[Armenian alphabet]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Numbers in Armenian|url=https://omniglot.com/language/numbers/armenian.htm|access-date=2020-10-12|website=omniglot.com}}</ref>

There was no notation for [[0 (number)|zero]] in the old system, and the numeric values for individual letters were added together.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shaw |first1=Allen A. |date=May 1939 |title=An Overlooked Numeral System of Antiquity |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3028489 |journal=National Mathematics Magazine |volume=13 |issue=8 |pages=368–372 |doi=10.2307/3028489 |jstor=3028489 |access-date=2023-01-06|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The principles behind this system are the same as for the ancient [[Greek numerals]] and [[Hebrew numerals]]. In modern Armenia, the familiar [[Arabic numerals]] are used. In contemporary writing, Armenian numerals are used more or less like [[Roman numerals]] in modern English, e.g. Գարեգին Բ. means [[Garegin II]] and Գ. գլուխ means ''Chapter III'' (as a headline).

The final two letters of the Armenian alphabet, "o" (Օ) and "fe" (Ֆ), were added to the Armenian alphabet only after Arabic numerals were already in use, to facilitate [[transliteration]] of other languages. Thus, they sometimes have a numerical value assigned to them.

== Notation ==
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As in Hebrew and ancient notation, in Armenian numerals distinct symbols represent multiples of powers of 10, from 1 to 9, 10 to 90, 100 to 900, 1,000 to 9,000, and 10,000 and 20,000. A number is written from left to right, composed from at most one of these symbols for each power of 10, arranged in descending order by magnitude. There is no symbol for zero: for a number like 600 or 9,007, missing powers of ten are simply not represented.

To write numbers greater than 9,999, it is necessary to have numerals with values greater than 9,000. This is done by drawing a line over them, indicating that their value is to be multiplied by 10,000. This is similar to Roman numerals, where a line over a character means multiplying the corresponding value by 1,000.<ref>Ifrah, Georges (2000). The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer. Translated by David Bellos, E. F. Harding, Sophie Wood, Ian Monk. John Wiley & Sons.</ref>
{| class=wikitable
|+Armenian numerals<ref name=":0" />
|- align=center
| 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9
|-
|- align=center
|<big><big><big>Ա</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Բ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Գ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Դ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ե</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Զ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Է</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ը</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Թ</big></big></big>
|-
| colspan="9" |
|- align=center
| 10 || 20 || 30 || 40 || 50 || 60 || 70 || 80 || 90
|-
|- align=center
|<big><big><big>Ժ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ի</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Լ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Խ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ծ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Կ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Հ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ձ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ղ</big></big></big>
|-
| colspan="9" |
|- align=center
| 100 || 200 || 300 || 400 || 500 || 600 || 700 || 800 || 900
|-
|- align=center
|<big><big><big>Ճ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Մ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Յ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ն</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Շ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ո</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Չ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Պ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ջ</big></big></big>
|-
| colspan="9" |
|- align=center
| 1000 || 2000 || 3000 || 4000 || 5000 || 6000 || 7000 || 8000 || 9000
|-
|- align=center
|<big><big><big>Ռ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ս</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Վ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Տ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ր</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ց</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ւ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Փ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ք</big></big></big>
|-
| colspan="9" |
|- align=center
| 10000 || 20000
|-
|- align=center
|<big><big><big>Օ</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>Ֆ</big></big></big>
|-
|}

==Examples==
* {{lang|hy|ՌՋՀԵ}}. = 1975 = 1000 + 900 + 70 + 5
* {{lang|hy|ՍՄԻԲ}}. =  2222 = 2000 + 200 + 20 + 2
* {{lang|hy|ՃԻ}}. = 120 = 100 + 20
* {{lang|hy|ՍԴ}}. = 2004 = 2000 + 4
* {{lang|hy|Ծ}}. = 50
* <span lang="hy". style="text-decoration: overline">Ա</span>. = 10,000 = 1 {{nowrap| × }} 10,000
* <span lang="hy". style="text-decoration: overline">Ջ</span>. = 9,000,000 = 900 {{nowrap| × }} 10,000
* <span lang="hy". style="text-decoration: overline">ՌՃԽԳ</span>{{lang|hy|ՌՄԾԵ}}. = 11,431,255 = 1,143 {{nowrap| × }} 10,000 + 1,255

== References ==
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