Բնակության վայրի հաշվառում
“Բնակության վայրի հաշվառում” (bnakut'yan vayri hashvarrum) — residence registration in Armenian. Noun, level B1. a long chain, stress on the last syllable of each word: bna-ku-T'YAN vay-RI hash-va-RRUM. In a live sentence: “Բնակության վայրի հաշվառումը մեկ շաբաթ տևեց” — The residence registration took a week. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Բ, ն, ա, կ, ո, ւ, թ, յ, ա, ն, վ, ա. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Բնակության վայրի հաշվառում |
| Read in Latin letters | bnakut'yan vayri hashvarrum |
| Translation | residence registration |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- Բնակության վայրի հաշվառումbnakut'yan vayri hashvarrumresidence registration
How to pronounce it
a long chain, stress on the last syllable of each word: bna-ku-T'YAN vay-RI hash-va-RRUM
Why it looks that way
Bnakvel, to reside, vayr, a place, hashvarrum, a register — literally 'the registering of the place of residence': Armenian calls it a register, not an entry; in speech just hashvarrum
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.
- Բնակության վայրի հաշվառումը մեկ շաբաթ տևեցbnakut'yan vayri hashvarrumə mek shabat' tevetsThe residence registration took a week
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 “residence registration” in Armenian?
«Բնակության վայրի հաշվառում», read “bnakut'yan vayri hashvarrum”. a long chain, stress on the last syllable of each word: bna-ku-T'YAN vay-RI hash-va-RRUM. In a live sentence: “Բնակության վայրի հաշվառումը մեկ շաբաթ տևեց” — The residence registration took a week. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Բ, ն, ա, կ, ո, ւ, թ, յ, ա, ն, վ, ա.
How is “Բնակության վայրի հաշվառում” written in Latin letters?
bnakut'yan vayri hashvarrum. 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?
Bnakvel, to reside, vayr, a place, hashvarrum, a register — literally 'the registering of the place of residence': Armenian calls it a register, not an entry; in speech just hashvarrum. 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.