Հարյուրերորդ
“Հարյուրերորդ” (haryurerord) — hundredth in Armenian. Adjective, level A2, topic — numbers and counting. haryur + erord, by the general rule. A long word, but assembled from two familiar blocks. In a live sentence: “Այսօր մեր հարյուրերորդ դասն է” — Today is our hundredth lesson. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Հ, ա, ր, յ, ո, ւ, ր, ե, ր, ո, ր, դ. One of 27 words in the set “numbers and counting” in the Armenian course.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Հարյուրերորդ |
| Read in Latin letters | haryurerord |
| Translation | hundredth |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | A2 |
- Հարյուրերորդharyurerordhundredth
Why it looks that way
haryur + erord, by the general rule. A long word, but assembled from two familiar blocks
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.
- Այսօր մեր հարյուրերորդ դասն էaysor mer haryurerord dasn eToday is our hundredth lesson
Nearby words: numbers and counting
A price, the change, a house number, the time you agreed on, the floor. Numbers are the first thing you have to catch by ear — and the first thing people say fast.
- Մեկmekoneboth 'one' and 'once': mek angam — one time
- Երկուyerkutwohence Yerkushabti — Monday: the Armenian week literally counts its days
- Երեքyerek'threeYerek'shabti — Tuesday, 'the third day'. The counting from the previous card goes on
- Չորսchorsfourin compounds it turns into chorek': Chorek'shabti — Wednesday
- ՀինգhingfiveHingshabti — Thursday. The count ends at five: Friday and Saturday are named differently
- Վեցvetssixthe ordinal leaves it unchanged: vets → vetserord. Do not confuse with verj — 'end'
- Յոթyot'seventhe initial Y sounds like English y. The aspirated t' holds on in derivatives: yot'erord, yot' haryur
- Ութut'eightjust two sounds, both held: ut'. Do not confuse with utel — to eat: there the t has no puff
- Ինըinəninethe dictionary form with the article -ə. Before another word it stays, inə haryur, and in the ordinal the n doubles — innerord
- Տասըtasətenalso with the article -ə. In compounds it vanishes and the stem stretches: tasnmek, tasnerord
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “numbers and counting”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “hundredth” in Armenian?
haryur + erord, by the general rule. A long word, but assembled from two familiar blocks
- How do you say “seven” in Armenian?
the initial Y sounds like English y. The aspirated t' holds on in derivatives: yot'erord, yot' haryur
- How do you say “three” in Armenian?
Yerek'shabti — Tuesday, 'the third day'. The counting from the previous card goes on
- How do you say “ten” in Armenian?
also with the article -ə. In compounds it vanishes and the stem stretches: tasnmek, tasnerord
- How do you say “six” in Armenian?
the ordinal leaves it unchanged: vets → vetserord. Do not confuse with verj — 'end'
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 “hundredth” in Armenian?
«Հարյուրերորդ», read “haryurerord”. In a live sentence: “Այսօր մեր հարյուրերորդ դասն է” — Today is our hundredth lesson. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adjective, level A2, from the set “numbers and counting”; written with the characters Հ, ա, ր, յ, ո, ւ, ր, ե, ր, ո, ր, դ.
How is “Հարյուրերորդ” written in Latin letters?
haryurerord. 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?
haryur + erord, by the general rule. A long word, but assembled from two familiar blocks. 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.