Սրճարան
“Սրճարան” (srcharan) — coffee shop in Armenian. Noun, level A1, topic — at a café and a restaurant. surch — coffee, but the u drops out in the derivative: srch-. The -aran ending marks a place: degharan, chasharan, gradaran. In a live sentence: “Անկյունում նոր սրճարան է բացվել” — A new coffee shop opened on the corner. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ս, ր, ճ, ա, ր, ա, ն.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Սրճարան |
| Read in Latin letters | srcharan |
| Translation | coffee shop |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- Սրճարանsrcharancoffee shop
Why it looks that way
surch — coffee, but the u drops out in the derivative: srch-. The -aran ending marks a place: degharan, chasharan, gradaran
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.
- Անկյունում նոր սրճարան է բացվելankyunum nor srcharan e batsvelA new coffee shop opened on the corner
Nearby words: at a café and a restaurant
Order, ask the price, ask for the bill. A short and entirely predictable conversation — a convenient place to test yourself for the first time.
- Սուրճsurchcoffeedrinking is one verb for everything: surch khmel, t'ey khmel, jur khmel
- Թեյt'eyteawritten with t', a t on the exhale; with plain t it would be a different word
- Աղցանaghtsansaladfrom agh — salt: literally 'the salted thing'. The same root in aghi — salty
- Ապուրapursoupstress on the last syllable: a-PUR. Broth needs no separate word — just msi apur, 'meat soup'
- Ուզում եմuzum emI wantfrom uzel. The present tense is uniform everywhere: stem + -um + the little linking verb. The politer kuzenayi means 'I would like'
- Հաշիվը, խնդրեմhashivə, khndremthe check, pleasehashiv — bill, -ə — the article: 'that very bill'. The same root in hashvel — to count, and hashvich — calculator
- Ճաշարանchasharancanteenfrom chash — lunch. It names both a factory canteen and an inexpensive place with hot food
- Սրճարանsrcharancafeyou already know this word as 'coffee shop': the place where coffee is drunk and friends sit is one word for an Armenian
- ԿրուասանkruasancroissantA borrowing spelled exactly as it sounds: k-r-u-a-s-a-n. The general word for sweet pastry is khmoreghen; the croissant is picked out of it by this very word
- ԿապուչինոkapuchinocappuccinoDoes not decline: only the article at the very end changes — kapuchino em uzum, kapuchinon tak e
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “at a café and a restaurant”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “coffee shop” in Armenian?
surch — coffee, but the u drops out in the derivative: srch-. The -aran ending marks a place: degharan, chasharan, gradaran
- How do you say “canteen” in Armenian?
from chash — lunch. It names both a factory canteen and an inexpensive place with hot food
- How do you say “salad” in Armenian?
from agh — salt: literally 'the salted thing'. The same root in aghi — salty
- How do you say “cappuccino” in Armenian?
Does not decline: only the article at the very end changes — kapuchino em uzum, kapuchinon tak e
- How do you say “the check, please” in Armenian?
hashiv — bill, -ə — the article: 'that very bill'. The same root in hashvel — to count, and hashvich — calculator
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 “coffee shop” in Armenian?
«Սրճարան», read “srcharan”. In a live sentence: “Անկյունում նոր սրճարան է բացվել” — A new coffee shop opened on the corner. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1, from the set “at a café and a restaurant”; written with the characters Ս, ր, ճ, ա, ր, ա, ն.
How is “Սրճարան” written in Latin letters?
srcharan. 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?
surch — coffee, but the u drops out in the derivative: srch-. The -aran ending marks a place: degharan, chasharan, gradaran. 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.