Էլեկտրոնային գիրք
“Էլեկտրոնային գիրք” (elektronayin girk') — e-book in Armenian. Noun, level A2. The word covers the file and the reading device alike. The suffix -ային turns էլեկտրոն into an adjective. In a live sentence: “Ճամփորդության համար վերցնում եմ էլեկտրոնային գիրք” — I take an e-book on the road. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Է, լ, ե, կ, տ, ր, ո, ն, ա, յ, ի, ն. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Էլեկտրոնային գիրք |
| Read in Latin letters | elektronayin girk' |
| Translation | e-book |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- Էլեկտրոնային գիրքelektronayin girk'e-book
Why it looks that way
The word covers the file and the reading device alike. The suffix -ային turns էլեկտրոն into an adjective
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.
- Ճամփորդության համար վերցնում եմ էլեկտրոնային գիրքchamp'ordut'yan hamar vertsnum em elektronayin girk'I take an e-book on the road
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 “e-book” in Armenian?
«Էլեկտրոնային գիրք», read “elektronayin girk'”. In a live sentence: “Ճամփորդության համար վերցնում եմ էլեկտրոնային գիրք” — I take an e-book on the road. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Է, լ, ե, կ, տ, ր, ո, ն, ա, յ, ի, ն.
How is “Էլեկտրոնային գիրք” written in Latin letters?
elektronayin girk'. 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?
The word covers the file and the reading device alike. The suffix -ային turns էլեկտրոն into an adjective. 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.