Բարի գիշեր
“Բարի գիշեր” (bari gisher) — good night in Armenian. Phrase, level A1, topic — greetings and goodbyes. the same bari — kind — as in bari luys and bari yereko. It is said when parting to sleep; meeting in the evening calls for bari yereko. In a live sentence: “Բարի գիշեր, մինչև վաղը” — Good night, see you tomorrow. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Բ, ա, ր, ի, գ, ի, շ, ե, ր.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Բարի գիշեր |
| Read in Latin letters | bari gisher |
| Translation | good night |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- Բարի գիշերbari gishergood night
Why it looks that way
the same bari — kind — as in bari luys and bari yereko. It is said when parting to sleep; meeting in the evening calls for bari yereko
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.
- Բարի գիշեր, մինչև վաղըbari gisher, minchev vaghəGood night, see you tomorrow
Nearby words: greetings and goodbyes
Every conversation starts here, and so does every first impression: say hello in the local language and you stop being a stranger in about a second.
- Բարևbarevhisounds like ba-REV, stress on the last syllable, as in almost every Armenian word
- Բարև ձեզbarev dzezhellodzez means 'to you': the polite greeting for strangers and elders; barev alone is for friends
- Բարի լույսbari luysgood morningbari — kind, luys — light: literally 'kind light'
- Բարի օրbari orgood afternoonthe same bari as in barev; or means day
- Բարի երեկոbari yerekogood eveningyereko — evening. Morning, day and evening all follow one pattern: bari + the time of day
- Ցտեսությունtstesut'yungoodbyefrom tesnel — to see; literally 'until seeing', the same build as 'until we meet again'
- Հաջողhajoghbyethe informal send-off between friends; at root it means 'successful'
- Ինչպե՞ս եսinchpes eshow are you?the little hook above a letter is the Armenian question mark: it sits on the stressed syllable of the asked word, not at the end of the phrase
- Ինչպե՞ս եքinchpes ekhow do you do?the ek form is the polite one, for elders and strangers; es is for your own circle
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “greetings and goodbyes”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “good night” in Armenian?
the same bari — kind — as in bari luys and bari yereko. It is said when parting to sleep; meeting in the evening calls for bari yereko
- How do you say “bye” in Armenian?
the informal send-off between friends; at root it means 'successful'
- How do you say “good afternoon” in Armenian?
the same bari as in barev; or means day
- How do you say “hi” in Armenian?
bari means kind, arev means sun — literally 'kind sun'. Sounds like ba-REV.
- How do you say “how are you?” in Armenian?
the little hook above a letter is the Armenian question mark: it sits on the stressed syllable of the asked word, not at the end of the phrase
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 “good night” in Armenian?
«Բարի գիշեր», read “bari gisher”. In a live sentence: “Բարի գիշեր, մինչև վաղը” — Good night, see you tomorrow. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1, from the set “greetings and goodbyes”; written with the characters Բ, ա, ր, ի, գ, ի, շ, ե, ր.
How is “Բարի գիշեր” written in Latin letters?
bari gisher. 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 same bari — kind — as in bari luys and bari yereko. It is said when parting to sleep; meeting in the evening calls for bari yereko. 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.