Home and things in Armenian
192 words Armenian words on the topic “home and things”: Տուն — house, Կոտրված — broken, Բնակարան — apartment, Սենյակ — room. 192 words can be played from recordings.
192 words on the topic
- Տունtunhousethe stem shifts in the local case: tanə — at home, tun — home. Hence deghatun — pharmacy — and tnayin — domestic
- Կոտրվածkotrvatsbrokenfrom kotrel — to break. The -vats ending makes the participle: 'broken'
- Բնակարանbnakaranapartmentthe first word of any rental ad. Strictly a flat, and in Yerevan housing is hunted under exactly this name
- Սենյակsenyakroomhence grasenyak — office, 'a room for papers'
- Խոհանոցkhohanotskitchenhence khoharar — cook: the one in the kitchen
- Լոգարանlogaranbathroomfrom logank' — bathing. The toilet is a separate word, zugaran; the two resemble each other and get mixed up
- Պատշգամբpatshgambbalconythe literary word; in conversation everyone says balkon
- Հարկharkfloora false friend inside Armenian itself: hark is both 'floor' and 'tax'. Context tells them apart
- Վերելակverelakelevatorver — up. Signs print verelak, in speech lift is heard more often
- Աստիճաններastichannerstairsthe plural of astichan — step. In Armenian a staircase is simply 'steps'
- Սեղանseghantableyou have already seen it inside vacharraseghan — counter
- Աթոռat'orrchairat'orr is both a chair and a throne. A stool is at'orrak
- Մահճակալmahchakalbedsounds like makh-cha-KAL, stress on the last syllable
- Պահարանpaharanwardrobefrom pahel — to keep, plus the place suffix -aran, the same one as in logaran
- Պատուհանpatuhanwindowpat — wall. A window is the thing in the wall
- Դուռdurrdoordouble rr — rolled; do not confuse with du, 'you'
- Բանալիbanalikeyfrom banal — to open: a key is literally 'the opener'
- Լամպlamplampa borrowing that reads as it is spelled. The bulb is called by the same word
- Տաք ջուրtak' jurhot watertak' is both 'warm' and 'hot': Armenian keeps no separate word for hot
- Հոսանքhosank'electricityfrom hosel — to flow: 'the current'. Hosank'ə ktrvel e — the power was cut
- Աղբaghbtrashdo not mix with agh — salt. The trash bin is aghbaman
- Մաքրությունmak'rut'yuncleaningfrom mak'ur — clean. One word for 'cleanliness' and 'cleaning'; to tidy up is said as tunə havakel — 'gather the house'
- Լվացքlvatsk'laundryfrom lvanal — to wash. The same word names the washing itself: lvatsk' anel — to do the laundry
- Սպասքspask'dishesdo not mix with spasel — to wait: the letters are nearly the same, the meaning is not
- Սրբիչsrbichtowelfrom srbel — to wipe. The -ich suffix makes a tool: 'a wiper'
- Օճառocharrsoapsounds like o-CHARR, with a rolled rr at the end
- Հարևանharevanneighborthe neighbor on your landing and the neighboring country alike: harevan erkir
- Տան տերtan terlandlordtun in the genitive gives tan — 'of the house', ter — master. When renting, this is exactly what people say
- Վարձակալությունvardzakalut'yunrentalthe root is vardz — payment. Vardzov verts'nel — to rent, vardzov tal — to let
- Գրավgravsecurity depositwhen renting, they ask for grav — usually a month's rent in advance
- Կոմունալ վճարkomunal vcharrutility billvchar — payment, vcharel — to pay. The word komunal arrived by borrowing and settled in
- Վերանորոգումveranorogumrenovationnor — new — hides inside: 'a making-new'. In speech people say remont
- Աղմկոտ էaghmkot eit is noisyaghmuk — noise. There is no separate adverb: the adjective plus the linking e does the job
- Չի աշխատումchi ashkhatumit doesn't workthe same verb as 'to work' about a person. The negation ch- pushes the linking verb forward
- Կոտրվել էkotrvel eit brokethe past with a result: it broke and is still broken
- Կաթում էkat'um eit leaksliterally 'dripping'. This is how a tap, a pipe and a ceiling are all spoken of
- Վարպետ կանչեքvarpet kanchek'call a repairmanvarpet is a master of the trade, a respectful word. Kanchek' — 'call' — you have seen it with the taxi
- Ե՞րբ կգաքyerb kgak'when will you come?the k- prefix on the verb makes the future: kgak' — 'you will come'. The hook sits on yerb
- Չեմ կարողանում բացելchem karoghanum batselI can't open itkaroghanal — to be able, to manage. The negation again pushes the linking verb forward: chem karoghanum
- Լույսluyslightalready seen in bari luys — good morning, literally 'kind light'. Electricity on bills is another word, hosank'
- Ջեռուցելjerrutselto heatthe j is one sound, as in jet, and the rr is rolled: je-ru-TSEL
- ՍառնարանsarrnaranrefrigeratorFrom sarrə, cold, with the -aran place ending: a 'colding place'
- Տանիքtanik'roofFrom tun, house: 'housy'; the roof leaks is tanikə kat'um e
- ՊատpatwallA short word; from it patuhan, a window — literally 'a hole in the wall'
- Ննջասենյակnnjasenyakbedroomtwo n's in a row at the start: nn-ja-sen-YAK
- ԲակbakyardThe Yerevan yard is a world of its own: bakum khaghal — to play in the yard
- ԱռաստաղarrastaghceilingThe partner of pat and hatak, the floor; the double rr at the start rolls
- ԴարպասdarpasgateThe same word names football goals: darpasapah is a goalkeeper
- ՑանկապատtsankapatfenceTsank, an enclosure, plus pat, a wall: "a wall of fencing"
- ԱվտոտնակavtotnakgarageAvto plus tnak, a little house: "a car house"; in speech garazh is also said
- Փոստարկղp'ostarkghmailboxThe familiar p'ost and arkgh, run together; an email mailbox is p'ostarkgh too
- ՆկուղnkughbasementIn Yerevan houses the nkugh holds jars of preserves; the attic is dzeghnahark
- Սպասք լվանալspask' lvanalto wash the dishesThe familiar spask', tableware, and lvanal, to wash; no article — dishes in general, not those three plates
- Ավլելavlelto sweepA broom is avel, the same root; don't mix with aveli, more
- Լվացք անելlvatsk' anelto wash (clothes)Literally 'to do the laundry': Armenian often builds a verb from a noun plus anel
- Արդուկելardukelto ironOnly about clothes; stroking a cat is shoyel, a different word altogether
- Ընթրիք պատրաստելənt'rik' patrastelto make dinnerNtrik is dinner, the third meal of the day after nakhachash and chash; patrastel you know
- Աղբը հանելaghbə hanelto take out the trashHanel is to take out; the article -ə is required: the trash is ours, the household's
- Փոշեկուլp'oshekulvacuum cleanerP'oshi, dust, plus kul tal, to swallow: a dust-swallower; to vacuum is p'oshekul anel
- ԽոզանակkhozanakbrushFrom khoz, a pig: the bristles; a toothbrush is atami khozanak
- ԴույլduylbucketA short word; the rag that goes with it is lat
- Արդուկardukiron (for clothes)The noun to ardukel, to iron; you saw the verb in this lesson
- Օգնելognelto helpYou know it from ognek' khndrem; the one helped takes -in: indz ognir
- Դուռը փակիրdurrə p'akirclose the doorDurr and p'ak, closed, you know; the article -ə is required — the door is a particular one, this one here
- Պատուհանը բացիրpatuhanə batsiropen the windowThe partner of the previous one: bats, open, batsir — open it
- Ինձ տուրindz turhand it to meThe object indz from the wave 2 note plus tur, give; at the table it is the commonest phrase
- Ավելի կամաց, խնդրեմaveli kamats, khndremquieter, pleaseKamats is quiet and slow at once; aveli kamats asks both to hush and to speak slower
- Բնակարան վարձելbnakaran vardzelto rent an apartmentBnakaran you know, housing, an apartment; vardzel is to take for pay — the same root as in vardzakalut'yun, renting; no article, the apartment is any as yet
- Բնակարան վարձով տալbnakaran vardzov talto rent out an apartmentLiterally 'to give an apartment for pay'; the partner of vardzel: the one who takes rents, the one who gives rents out — the difference is one word, tal
- Վարձակալության պայմանագիրvardzakalut'yan paymanagirrental agreementVardzakalut'yun, renting, and paymanagir, the contract, both familiar; note the form vardzakalut'yan: the modifier comes first and in the genitive
- Վարձավճարvardzavcharrent paymentVardz, pay for use, plus vchar, payment: two near-synonyms folded into one word; the same vardz is paid for a ride, taksoyu vardz
- Վարձակալության ժամկետvardzakalut'yan zhamketlease termThe same zhamket, deadline, as for payments and hand-ins; to extend it is zhamketə yerkaratsnel
- Անշարժ գույքի գործակալansharzh guyk'i gortsakalreal estate agentAn- not plus sharzh, movement: 'immovable property'; gortsakal is an agent; it is long, so in life makler or simply gortsakal is said
- Բնակարանի դիտումbnakarani ditumapartment viewingFrom ditel, to look, to watch — the dit- of ditum here is an inspection; to set one up is ditum paymanavorel
- Կահավորված բնակարանkahavorvats bnakaranfurnished apartmentFrom kahuyk', furniture: kahavorvats is 'furnished'; the empty kind is datarr bnakaran; in ads these two words are the main ones
- Ներս տեղափոխվելners teghap'okhvelto move inNers is inside, as in kareli e ners mtnel; teghapokhvel is to relocate, from tegh, place, and p'okh, change
- Դուրս տեղափոխվելdurs teghap'okhvelto move outDurs is outside, the partner of ners; the same durs is in the hospital discharge you know
- Տեղափոխությունteghap'okhut'yunmovingsix syllables, stress on the last: te-gha-p'o-khu-T'UN
- Տեղափոխվելteghap'okhvelto relocateThe same verb as in moving in, with no destination named; teghapokhel without -v- means to carry something else — seqanə teghapokhetsi, I moved the table
- Բեռնակիրberrnakirmoverthe double rr rolls: berr-na-KIR
- Փաթեթավորելp'at'et'avorelto pack (wrap)three aspirated letters p'-t'-t' in a row, each with a puff: p'a-t'e-t'a-vo-REL
- Ապափաթեթավորելapap'at'et'avorelto unpackApa- is the 'un-' prefix, as in un-packed; the word is bookish and long — at home people just say arkgherə batsir, open the boxes
- Նոր հասցեnor hastsenew addressThe familiar hastse, from hasnel, to reach: an address is 'where one arrives'; hastseə p'okhetsi — I changed the address
- Իրերի փոխադրումireri p'okhadrummoving of belongingsThe irer you know, things, plus p'okhadrum, a transport; transport in general is p'okhadramijots
- Տեղավորվելteghavorvelto settle inFrom tegh, a place: 'to find one's place'; about things it drops the -v-: irerə teghavortsetsi, I put the things in their places
- Նոր տեղին ընտելանալnor teghin əntelanalto get used to the new placeUntelanal is to get used to; what you get used to takes -in; in speech they often say sovorel nor teghin, with the same verb as 'to learn'
- Կահույքkahuyk'furnitureA collective word, never plural: kahuyk gnetsink' — we bought furniture; a furniture shop is kahuyki khanut
- ԲազմոցbazmotssofaFrom bazum, many: the seat that fits many; the fold-out kind is batsvogh bazmots
- Բազկաթոռbazkat'orrarmchairthe final rr rolls: baz-ka-TORR
- ԴարակdarakshelfA wall shelf, a desk drawer and a cabinet shelf alike; a book one is girk'i darak
- ԳորգgorgcarpetA word an Armenian says with pride: the Armenian one is haykakan gorg; a small rug is gorg too
- ՀայելիhayelimirrorInside is hayel, the old verb 'to look'; from it also hayatsk', a gaze; no kinship with hay, an Armenian — just a soundalike
- ՎարագույրvaraguyrcurtainOne word for the curtain in a room and the stage curtain in a theater: varaguyrə batsvets — the curtain rose
- Բարձbardzpillowit ends in dz, a voiced dz, with no r at the end: BAR-dz
- ՎերմակvermakblanketFrom ver, up: the thing that goes on top; the duvet cover is vermakì yeres, as with the pillow
- ՋահjahchandelierThe old meaning is a torch; hence the chandelier as a 'hanging fire'; the plain bulb under the ceiling is the lamp you know
- ՆերկnerkpaintWall paint and hair dye alike; the same root is in nkar, a picture, and nkarel, to draw
- Պատերը ներկելpaterə nerkelto paint the wallsThe pat you know, pater in the plural; nerkel paints hair and fences with the same verb
- Պաստառpastarrwallpaperthe double rr rolls, stress on the last syllable: pas-TARR
- ՍալիկsaliktileA diminutive of sal, a stone slab; pavement tiles are salik too, and a chocolate bar is a different thing — shokoladi salik
- Պտուտակահանptutakahanscrewdriverfive syllables, stress on the last: ptu-ta-ka-HAN
- ԳայլիկոնgaylikondrillInside the word sits gayl, a wolf: the tool "gnaws" the wall; builders also say drel; the bit is gaylikoni tsayr
- Խողովակkhoghovakpipegh is throaty, like a French r: kho-gho-VAK
- Լամպը այրվել էlampə ayrvel ethe bulb burned outThe lamp you know plus ayrvel, to burn, the root of ayrvatsk', the burn; a bulb in Armenian really 'burns up'
- Ջեռուցումjerrutsumheatingthe double rr rolls: jerr-ru-TSUM
- Վերանորոգում անելveranorogum anelto renovateVeranorogum you know, the renovation: vera-, re-, plus nor, new — 'a renewing'; the cosmetic kind is t'et'ev veranorogum
- Հաշվիչhashvichmeter (device)From hashvel, to count, the root of hashiv, the bill; the same word names a calculator, so they specify: jri hashvich, gazi hashvich
- Հաշվիչի ցուցմունքhashvichi tsutsmunk'meter readingsTsuyts tal is to show; tsutsmunk' is a reading; the same root is in tsutsak, a list, and the chvatsutsak you know
- Ջրի վճարjri vcharwater billThe jur you know becomes jri in the genitive; built like komunal vchar, the utility bill
- Հոսանքի վճարhosank'i vcharelectricity billThe hosank' you know, literally 'a flow', from hosel, to flow; an electrician is elektrik
- Ջուրն անջատել ենjurn anjatel enthe water is shut offAnjatel you know, to switch off; anjatel en, 'they have switched it off' — Armenian says it with 'they', no subject; the article is -n because a vowel follows
- Աղբամանaghbamantrash binThe aghb you know plus aman, a vessel; the same aman is in votnaman, footwear, a "foot vessel"
- Մուտքmutk'entranceThe base meaning is any entry; a building's entrance is mutk' too — yerrord mutk', the second entrance; you know it from mutkanun, the login
- Դռնախոսdrrnakhosintercomthe double rr rolls with no vowel before it: drr-na-KHOS
- Հարևանների աղմուկharevanneri aghmuknoise from the neighborsThe harevan you know plus aghmuk, noise, the one in aghmkot e, it is noisy; literally "the noise of the neighbors"
- Շենքի կանոններshenk'i kanonnerbuilding rulesShenk' is a building, an apartment house, while tun is a home; kanon is a rule, the root of kanonor, regular
- ՋեռոցjerrotsovenFrom jerm, warm — the root of the heating you know; the gazozhakh you know is the stove, and jerrrots is the cabinet under it
- Միկրոալիքային վառարանmikroalik'ayin varraranmicrowaveAlik, a wave, plus varraran, an oven: "a microwave oven"; in speech it is shortened to mikroalikayin or simply mikro
- Քերիչk'erichgraterFrom k'erel, to grate, to scrape; the -ich tail makes a tool, as in the switch and the charger; the same root is in k'ertsvatsk, a scratch
- Շերեփsherep'ladleIt ends in p', a p on a puff; the gdal you know is a spoon, and sherep is the big soup spoon
- Կափարիչkap'arichlidFrom tsatskel, k'apel, to close, with the same -ich tail as the grater; close the pot's lid: k'atsayi k'aparrichə p'akir
- Կտրատելու տախտակktratelu takhtakcutting boardThe ktrel you know, to cut, k'tratel, to cut in quantity, plus takhtak, a board; the form k'tratelu means 'for cutting' — that is how Armenian speaks of a thing's purpose
- ԳոգնոցgognotsapronFrom gog, a lap, the knees of a seated person; the same -ots tail as in the oven and the tablecloth — it gathers names of things by their job
- Սփռոցsp'rrotstableclothtwo syllables, p' with a puff and a rolling rr: sp'-RROTS
- ԲլենդերblenderblenderAn international word with no everyday Armenian rival; what you do in it is said through harel or manratsnel, to chop fine
- Սննդի տարաsnndi tarafood containerSnund, food (snndi in the genitive), plus tara, a container; the same tara names a jar and a box for anything
- ՍանրsanrcombThe verb is sanrel, to comb, and sanrvatsk is the hairstyle; a four-letter word with no vowel at the end — read in one syllable
- ԱծելիatselirazorFrom atsilel, to shave; to shave oneself is atsilvel, and the beard is the mour you know; an electric one is elektrakan atseli
- ՇամպունshampunshampooAn international word; gender is not marked in Armenian at all; soap is the ochar beside it, and shower gel is t'ntsughì gel
- ՄկրատmkratscissorsIn Armenian the word is singular though the object is a pair: mkratə sur e, the scissors are sharp; the same root as in ktrel, to cut
- ԱսեղaseghneedleIt ends in gh, a throaty g; the same word names a syringe needle: asegh anel, to give an injection; the eye of a needle is aseghi akanj
- Թելt'elthreadIt starts with t', a t on a puff — don't mix with the plain t; the same word means a wire and a fishing line; in the breakdown unit you will meet lar — the electric wire
- Դեն գցելden gtselto throw awayDen, away, aside, plus gtsel, to throw; English splits it, Armenian keeps the two inseparable; the aghbaman you know is the bin it flies into
- Պահպանելpahpanelto storeA double root: pahel, to hold, and panel, to protect; it fits jam in a cellar, a file in a phone and a tradition alike
- Լվացքի մեքենաlvatsk'i mek'enawashing machineLvatsk', laundry, from lvanal, to wash; the mek'ena you know is the same word as a car; washing in it is mek'enayov lvanal
- Սպասք լվացող մեքենաspask' lvatsogh mek'enadishwasherSpask' is tableware as a whole — not the ap'se plate — plus lvatsogh, washing: the -ogh tail turns a verb into a doer, as in shp'vogh
- Սառցարանsarrtsaranchest freezerfour syllables, the rr rolls: sarr-tsa-RAN
- Օդափոխիչodap'okhichfan (cooling)Od, air, plus p'okhel, to change, plus the -ich tool tail: "an air-changer"; the same word names the kitchen extractor hood; the air conditioner is konditsioner
- ՋեռուցիչjerrutsichheaterFrom the jerrutsum you know, heating, with the -ich tool tail; the electric kind is elektrakan jerrutsich
- ՖենfenhairdryerThe letter f is rare in Armenian and almost always betrays a borrowing — as in film and fakultet; the bookish way is mazeri choratsutsich, a hair drier, but nobody says it
- Երկարացման լարyerkaratsman larextension cordYerkar, long, plus yerkaratsum, an extension; lar is the cord you know; in a shop pilot is also understood, as the power strip is called
- ԱնջատիչanjatichswitchFrom the anjatel you know, to switch off, with the -ich tool tail; the same tail is in the grater, the charger and the fan: -ich is the Armenian device suffix
- Պտուտակptutakwood screwFrom pttvel, to twist; the screwdriver you know really is a "screw-taker-outer"; the nail sits beside it — mek — and it is hammered, not twisted
- Մանեկաբանալիmanekabanaliwrenchsix syllables, stress on the last: ma-ne-ka-ba-na-LI
- Աքցանak'tsanpliersSingular, like the scissors: Armenian does not double paired tools; the same word names tongs and pincers
- Մեկուսիչ ժապավենmekusich zhapaveninsulating tapeMekusich, insulating, from mekusatsnel, to isolate; zhapaven, a tape — the same tape that was film in the old cinema
- ՍոսինձsosindzglueIt ends in dz; the verb with it is kptsnel, to glue; sosindzel also exists but speech takes the first
- Կպչուն ժապավենkpchun zhapaventapeKpchun, sticky, from kpchel, to stick; zhapaven, a tape, as in the insulating kind; in a shop they also say simply skoch
- ՊարանparanropeA clothesline is lvatskì paran; don't mix with lar, the cord, and t'el, the thread: a paran is thick and you tie knots in it
- Կպցնելkptsnelto stick (together)From kpchel, to stick; -tsnel aims the action at another, as in t'akanal and t'akatsnel; to come off is pokvel
- Պտուտակելptutakelto screw inFrom ptutak, a screw: 'to screw tight'; to unscrew is arratskel or ptutakahanov hanel; twisting in general is pttvel
- Չափելchap'elto measureFrom chap', a measure — the root of the ch'ap's you know, clothing size; temperature, length and patience are measured with one verb
- Սեփական ձեռքերով նորոգելsep'akan dzerrk'erov norogelto fix things with your own handsSep'akan, one's own, plus dzerrkerov, by the hands, instrumental -ov; shorter is derrkov norogel, and ink's em norogel means 'I fixed it myself'
- ՑնցուղtsntsughshowerTwo ց in a row inside one word: tsnts. The sound is an aspirated ts
- Զարթուցիչzart'utsichalarm clockFrom զարթնել 'to wake up' plus -իչ, the device suffix also seen in սուլիչ 'whistle'. To set an alarm clock is զարթուցիչ դնել — literally to put one down
- Ջերմաչափjermachap'thermometerBoth չ and փ are aspirated: the ch and the p each come out on a breath
- ՏոստերtostertoasterA loanword, spelled as it sounds. The bread for it is տոստի հաց, and nobody puts lavash in a toaster
- Կարի մեքենաkari mek'enasewing machineFrom կարել 'to sew'; կար is a stitch, and կարի is its genitive: a machine of sewing. The tailor, դերձակ, is already known from the first half of the wave
- ՀիմնատակhimnatakfoundationFrom հիմք 'a base' and տակ 'the bottom': the lower base. Bare հիմք from unit fifty-four means a base in general, including of an argument
- ՀարդարումhardarumfinishingFrom հարդարել 'to put in order, to adorn'. The finishing of a flat and the styling of hair alike
- Իջեցնելijets'nelto lowerthe same verb lowers a price: ginə ijets'nel
- Տեղաշարժելteghasharzhelto move (something)from tegh — place — and sharzhel — to set in motion: to shift off its spot
- Գցելgtselto drop (accidentally)both 'drop' and 'throw'. Accident comes from the context, not the word
- Գետնից վերցնելgetnits' verts'nelto pick up off the floorgetin is the ground and the floor alike; the case is ablative: getnits'
- Կախելkakhelto hangkakhich — coat hook — is of the same root
- Դարակից վերցնելdarakits' verts'nelto take off the shelfdarak — shelf. An Armenian says vertsru — 'take' — not 'take down'
- Ծալելtsalelto foldfold in two, bend. Tsalk' — a crease
- Փռելp'rrelto spread outto lay flat over a surface; laundry is hung out with it too
- Փաթաթելp'at'at'elto wrap upto wind around; a scarf is wound with it too
- Փաթեթը բացելp'at'et'y bats'elto unwrapa parcel is literally 'opened' — there is no verb of its own
- Բացելbats'elto openaccounts are opened with it, and meetings too
- Փակելp'akelto closep'ak means 'closed' — that is what the shop door prints
- Կողպելkoghpelto lockkoghpek' — the lock. Closing and locking are told apart here just as in English
- Կողպեքը բացելkoghpek'y bats'elto unlockno verb of its own: the lock is simply 'opened'
- Լույսը վառելluysy varrelto turn on the lightvarrel — to kindle: the light, the fire and the stove alike
- Լույսը հանգցնելluysy hangts'nelto turn off the lighthangts'nel — to put out, the partner of varrel. The same -ts'n insert again
- Սեղմելseghmelto pressboth 'press a button' and 'squeeze a hand': dzerrkə seghmel
- Բռնակը պտտելbrrnaky pttelto turn the handlebrrnak — handle — comes from brrnel, 'to hold'
- Թակելt'akelto knockexactly about doors. Knocking on a table is a different, rattling verb
- Զանգը տալzangy talto ring the doorbellzang is both the doorbell and a phone call
- Շեմshemthresholdthe sill of a door and 'on the threshold' of time alike: dzmrran shemin
- Դռան բռնակdrran brrnakdoor handledurr loses its vowel in the genitive: drran. Brrnel — to hold
- Դռան կողպեքdrran koghpek'door lockfrom koghpel — to lock; the padlock is called koghpek' too
- Դռան զանգdrran zangdoorbellzang is the doorbell and the phone ring alike
- Պատուհանագոգpatuhanagogwindowsillpatuhan — window — plus gog — a hollow, a lap
- Վարագույրvaraguyrcurtain (thin, net)one word for the curtain, the drape and the theater curtain
- Գիշերային լամպgisherayin lampnight lightthe -ayin tail turns gisher — night — into a feature
- Լվացարանlvatsaransinklvanal plus -aran, a place for the action, like chasharan — canteen
- Վաննաvannabathtuba borrowing: logaran is the whole bathroom, not the tub itself
- Զուգարանակոնքzugaranakonk'toiletzugaran — toilet — plus konk' — basin, bowl
- Ճկափողchkap'oghhosechkun — flexible — plus p'ogh — tube; in speech people say shlank
- Հարևանharevanneighboringyou already know harevan as 'neighbor': there is no separate adjective — the same noun steps in front of another and becomes a feature, harevan seghan, harevan gyugh
How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
- Ես տանն եմyes tann emI am home
- Աթոռը կոտրված էat'orrə kotrvats eThe chair is broken
- Կենտրոնում բնակարան եմ փնտրումkentronum bnakaran em p'ntrumI am looking for an apartment in the center
- Բնակարանը երկու սենյակ ունիbnakaranə yerku senyak uniThe apartment has two rooms
- Մենք խոհանոցում ենքmenk' khohanotsum enk'We are in the kitchen
- Լոգարանում տաք ջուր չկաlogaranum tak' jur chkaThere is no hot water in the bathroom
What is worth knowing about these words
Տուն (tun) — house. the stem shifts in the local case: tanə — at home, tun — home. Hence deghatun — pharmacy — and tnayin — domestic
Կոտրված (kotrvats) — broken. from kotrel — to break. The -vats ending makes the participle: 'broken'
Բնակարան (bnakaran) — apartment. the first word of any rental ad. Strictly a flat, and in Yerevan housing is hunted under exactly this name
Սենյակ (senyak) — room. hence grasenyak — office, 'a room for papers'
Test yourself
First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.
- What is this word?
It is Տուն (tun) — house.
- What is this word?
It is Հարկ (hark) — floor.
- What is this word?
It is Պատուհան (patuhan) — window.
- What is this word?
It is Մաքրություն (mak'rut'yun) — cleaning.
- What is this word?
It is Վարձակալություն (vardzakalut'yun) — rental.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “house” in Armenian?
the stem shifts in the local case: tanə — at home, tun — home. Hence deghatun — pharmacy — and tnayin — domestic
- How do you say “floor” in Armenian?
a false friend inside Armenian itself: hark is both 'floor' and 'tax'. Context tells them apart
- How do you say “window” in Armenian?
pat — wall. A window is the thing in the wall
- How do you say “cleaning” in Armenian?
from mak'ur — clean. One word for 'cleanliness' and 'cleaning'; to tidy up is said as tunə havakel — 'gather the house'
- How do you say “rental” in Armenian?
the root is vardz — payment. Vardzov verts'nel — to rent, vardzov tal — to let
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Room, key, water, electricity. You will need them on your first day in a rented flat.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- This holds not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “house” in Armenian?
«Տուն», read “tun”. the stem shifts in the local case: tanə — at home, tun — home. Hence deghatun — pharmacy — and tnayin — domestic. It is one of 192 words in the set “home and things” — the rest are in the table above.
How many household words do you need to start?
A dozen is enough. The set of 192 words on this page covers nearly every everyday case on the topic — but it is best taken a few at a time, not all at once.
Is there audio?
Yes, 192 words on this page can be played — click the speaker next to the word. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.