Բանկային հաշիվ
“Բանկային հաշիվ” (bankayin hashiv) — bank account in Armenian. Noun, level A2. hashiv is the cafe bill, the bank account and the game score alike. One word for all. In a live sentence: “Բանկային հաշիվ եմ բացել դրամով” — I opened a bank account in drams. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Բ, ա, ն, կ, ա, յ, ի, ն, հ, ա, շ, ի. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Բանկային հաշիվ |
| Read in Latin letters | bankayin hashiv |
| Translation | bank account |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- Բանկային հաշիվbankayin hashivbank account
Why it looks that way
hashiv is the cafe bill, the bank account and the game score alike. One word for all
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Բանկային հաշիվ եմ բացել դրամովbankayin hashiv em batsel dramovI opened a bank account in drams
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- 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.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “bank account” in Armenian?
«Բանկային հաշիվ», read “bankayin hashiv”. In a live sentence: “Բանկային հաշիվ եմ բացել դրամով” — I opened a bank account in drams. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Բ, ա, ն, կ, ա, յ, ի, ն, հ, ա, շ, ի.
How is “Բանկային հաշիվ” written in Latin letters?
bankayin hashiv. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
hashiv is the cafe bill, the bank account and the game score alike. One word for all. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.