LingoflyHome and things in Armenian
192 words in Armenian on the topic “home and things”: Տուն (tun) — house, Կոտրված (kotrvats) — broken, Բնակարան (bnakaran) — apartment, Սենյակ (senyak) — room. 192 words can be played from recordings.
192 words on the topic
- Տունtunhousethe stem shifts in the local case: tanə — at home, tun — home. Hence deghatun — pharmacy — and tnayin — domestic
- Կոտրվածkotrvatsbrokenfrom kotrel — to break. The -vats ending makes the participle: 'broken'
- Բնակարանbnakaranapartmentthe first word of any rental ad. Strictly a flat, and in Yerevan housing is hunted under exactly this name
- Սենյակsenyakroomhence grasenyak — office, 'a room for papers'
- Խոհանոցkhohanotskitchenhence khoharar — cook: the one in the kitchen
- Լոգարանlogaranbathroomfrom logank' — bathing. The toilet is a separate word, zugaran; the two resemble each other and get mixed up
- Պատշգամբpatshgambbalconythe literary word; in conversation everyone says balkon
- Հարկharkfloora false friend inside Armenian itself: hark is both 'floor' and 'tax'. Context tells them apart
- Վերելակverelakelevatorver — up. Signs print verelak, in speech lift is heard more often
- Աստիճաններastichannerstairsthe plural of astichan — step. In Armenian a staircase is simply 'steps'
- Սեղանseghantablethe same root sits inside vacharraseghan — counter
- Աթոռat'orrchairat'orr is both a chair and a throne. A stool is at'orrak
- Մահճակալmahchakalbedsounds like makh-cha-KAL, stress on the last syllable
- Պահարանpaharanwardrobefrom pahel — to keep, plus the place suffix -aran, the same one as in logaran
- Պատուհանpatuhanwindowpat — wall. A window is the thing in the wall
- Դուռdurrdoordouble rr — rolled; do not confuse with du, 'you'
- Բանալիbanalikeyfrom banal — to open: a key is literally 'the opener'
- Լամպlamplampa borrowing that reads as it is spelled. The bulb is called by the same word
- Տաք ջուրtak' jurhot watertak' is both 'warm' and 'hot': Armenian keeps no separate word for hot
- Հոսանքhosank'electricityfrom hosel — to flow: 'the current'. Hosank'ə ktrvel e — the power was cut
- Աղբaghbtrashdo not mix with agh — salt. The trash bin is aghbaman
- Մաքրությունmak'rut'yuncleaningfrom mak'ur — clean. One word for 'cleanliness' and 'cleaning'; to tidy up is said as tunə havakel — 'gather the house'
- Լվացքlvatsk'laundryfrom lvanal — to wash. The same word names the washing itself: lvatsk' anel — to do the laundry
- Սպասքspask'dishesdo not mix with spasel — to wait: the letters are nearly the same, the meaning is not
- Սրբիչsrbichtowelfrom srbel — to wipe. The -ich suffix makes a tool: 'a wiper'
- Օճառocharrsoapsounds like o-CHARR, with a rolled rr at the end
- Հարևանharevanneighborthe neighbor on your landing and the neighboring country alike: harevan erkir
- Տան տերtan terlandlordtun in the 'of what' form gives tan — 'of the house', ter — master. When renting, this is exactly what people say
- Վարձակալությունvardzakalut'yunrentalthe root is vardz — payment. Vardzov verts'nel — to rent, vardzov tal — to let
- Գրավgravsecurity depositwhen renting, they ask for grav — usually a month's rent in advance
- Կոմունալ վճարkomunal vcharutility billvchar — payment, vcharel — to pay. The word komunal arrived by borrowing and settled in
- Վերանորոգումveranorogumrenovationnor — new — hides inside: 'a making-new'. In speech people say remont
- Աղմկոտ էaghmkot eit is noisyaghmuk — noise. There is no separate adverb: the adjective plus the linking e does the job
- Չի աշխատումchi ashkhatumit doesn't workthe same verb as 'to work' about a person. The negation ch- pushes the linking verb forward
- Կոտրվել էkotrvel eit brokethe past with a result: it broke and is still broken
- Կաթում էkat'um eit leaksliterally 'dripping'. This is how a tap, a pipe and a ceiling are all spoken of
- Վարպետ կանչեքvarpet kanchek'call a repairmanvarpet is a master of the trade, a respectful word. Kanchek' — 'call' — is the same verb as when calling a taxi
- Ե՞րբ կգաքyerb kgak'when will you come?the k- prefix on the verb makes the future: kgak' — 'you will come'. The hook sits on yerb
- Չեմ կարողանում բացելchem karoghanum batselI can't open itkaroghanal — to be able, to manage. The negation again pushes the linking verb forward: chem karoghanum
- Լույսluyslightthe same word as in bari luys — good morning, literally 'kind light'. Electricity on bills is another word, hosank'
- Ջեռուցելjerrutselto heatthe j is one sound, as in jet, and the rr is rolled: je-ru-TSEL
- ՍառնարանsarrnaranrefrigeratorFrom sarrə, cold, with the -aran place ending: a 'colding place'
- Տանիքtanik'roofFrom tun, house: 'housy'; the roof leaks is tanikə kat'um e
- ՊատpatwallA short word; from it patuhan, a window — literally 'a hole in the wall'
- Ննջասենյակnnjasenyakbedroomtwo n's in a row at the start: nn-ja-sen-YAK
- ԲակbakyardThe Yerevan yard is a world of its own: bakum khaghal — to play in the yard
- ԱռաստաղarrastaghceilingThe partner of pat and hatak, the floor; the double rr at the start rolls
- ԴարպասdarpasgateThe same word names football goals: darpasapah is a goalkeeper
- ՑանկապատtsankapatfenceTsank, an enclosure, plus pat, a wall: "a wall of fencing"
- ԱվտոտնակavtotnakgarageAvto plus tnak, a little house: "a car house"; in speech garazh is also said
- Փոստարկղp'ostarkghmailboxP'ost, mail, and arkgh, a box, run together; an email mailbox is p'ostarkgh too
- ՆկուղnkughbasementIn Yerevan houses the nkugh holds jars of preserves; the attic is dzeghnahark
- Սպասք լվանալspask' lvanalto wash the dishesSpask', tableware, and lvanal, to wash; no article — dishes in general, not those three plates
- Ավլելavlelto sweepA broom is avel, the same root; don't mix with aveli, more
- Լվացք անելlvatsk' anelto wash (clothes)Literally 'to do the laundry': Armenian often builds a verb from a noun plus anel
- Արդուկելardukelto ironOnly about clothes; stroking a cat is shoyel, a different word altogether
- Ընթրիք պատրաստելənt'rik' patrastelto make dinnerYnt'rik' is dinner, the third meal of the day after nakhachash and chash; patrastel is to cook
- Աղբը հանելaghbə hanelto take out the trashHanel is to take out; the article -ə is required: the trash is ours, the household's
- Փոշեկուլp'oshekulvacuum cleanerP'oshi, dust, plus kul tal, to swallow: a dust-swallower; to vacuum is p'oshekul anel
- ԽոզանակkhozanakbrushFrom khoz, a pig: the bristles; a toothbrush is atami khozanak
- ԴույլduylbucketA short word; the rag that goes with it is lat
- Արդուկardukiron (for clothes)The noun form of ardukel, to iron
- Օգնելognelto helpThe same root appears in ognek' khndrem; the one helped takes -in: indz ognir
- Դուռը փակիրdurrə p'akirclose the doorDurr, door, and p'ak, closed; the article -ə is required — the door is a particular one, this one here
- Պատուհանը բացիրpatuhanə batsiropen the windowThe partner of durrə p'akir, close the door: bats, open, batsir — open it
- Ինձ տուրindz turhand it to meThe object indz plus tur, give; at the table it is the commonest phrase
- Ավելի կամաց, խնդրեմaveli kamats, khndremquieter, pleaseKamats is quiet and slow at once; aveli kamats asks both to hush and to speak slower
- Բնակարան վարձելbnakaran vardzelto rent an apartmentBnakaran is housing, an apartment; vardzel is to take for pay — the same root as in vardzakalut'yun, renting; no article, the apartment is any as yet
- Բնակարան վարձով տալbnakaran vardzov talto rent out an apartmentLiterally 'to give an apartment for pay'; the partner of vardzel: the one who takes rents, the one who gives rents out — the difference is one word, tal
- Վարձակալության պայմանագիրvardzakalut'yan paymanagirrental agreementVardzakalut'yun, renting, and paymanagir, the contract; the form vardzakalut'yan is no accident: the modifier comes first and in the 'of what' form
- Վարձավճարvardzavcharrent paymentVardz, pay for use, plus vchar, payment: two near-synonyms folded into one word; the same vardz is paid for a ride, taksoyu vardz
- Վարձակալության ժամկետvardzakalut'yan zhamketlease termThe same zhamket, deadline, as for payments and hand-ins; to extend it is zhamketə yerkaratsnel
- Անշարժ գույքի գործակալansharzh guyk'i gortsakalreal estate agentAn- not plus sharzh, movement: 'immovable property'; gortsakal is an agent; it is long, so in life makler or simply gortsakal is said
- Բնակարանի դիտումbnakarani ditumapartment viewingFrom ditel, to look, to watch — the dit- of ditum here is an inspection; to set one up is ditum paymanavorel
- Կահավորված բնակարանkahavorvats bnakaranfurnished apartmentFrom kahuyk', furniture: kahavorvats is 'furnished'; the empty kind is datarr bnakaran; in ads these two words are the main ones
- Ներս տեղափոխվելners teghap'okhvelto move inNers is inside, as in kareli e ners mtnel; teghapokhvel is to relocate, from tegh, place, and p'okh, change
- Դուրս տեղափոխվելdurs teghap'okhvelto move outDurs is outside, the partner of ners; the same durs is in hivandanotsits durs grum, the hospital discharge
- Տեղափոխությունteghap'okhut'yunmovingfive syllables, stress on the last: te-gha-p'o-khu-T'UN
- Տեղափոխվելteghap'okhvelto relocateThe same verb as in moving in, with no destination named; teghapokhel without -v- means to carry something else — seqanə teghapokhetsi, I moved the table
- Բեռնակիրberrnakirmoverthe double rr rolls: berr-na-KIR
- Փաթեթավորելp'at'et'avorelto pack (wrap)three aspirated letters p'-t'-t' in a row, each with a puff: p'a-t'e-t'a-vo-REL
- Փաթեթից հանելp'at'et'its hanelto unpackLiterally 'take out of the package': p'at'et' is a package or pack, hanel is to take out. After a move, things come out of the boxes the same way: arkgherits hanel
- Նոր հասցեnor hastsenew addressHastse, an address, from hasnel, to reach: an address is 'where one arrives'; hastsen p'okhetsi — I changed the address
- Իրերի փոխադրումireri p'okhadrummoving of belongingsIrer, things, plus p'okhadrum, a transport; transport in general is p'okhadramijots
- Տեղավորվելteghavorvelto settle inFrom tegh, a place: 'to find one's place'; about things it drops the -v-: irerə teghavortsetsi, I put the things in their places
- Նոր տեղին ընտելանալnor teghin əntelanalto get used to the new placeUntelanal is to get used to; what you get used to takes -in; in speech they often say sovorel nor teghin, with the same verb as 'to learn'
- Կահույքkahuyk'furnitureA collective word, never plural: kahuyk gnetsink' — we bought furniture; a furniture shop is kahuyki khanut
- ԲազմոցbazmotssofaFrom bazum, many: the seat that fits many; the fold-out kind is batsvogh bazmots
- Բազկաթոռbazkat'orrarmchairthe final rr rolls: baz-ka-TORR
- ԴարակdarakshelfA wall shelf, a desk drawer and a cabinet shelf alike; a book one is girk'i darak
- ԳորգgorgcarpetA word an Armenian says with pride: the Armenian one is haykakan gorg; a small rug is gorg too
- ՀայելիhayelimirrorInside is hayel, the old verb 'to look'; from it also hayatsk', a gaze; no kinship with hay, an Armenian — just a soundalike
- ՎարագույրvaraguyrcurtainOne word for the curtain in a room and the stage curtain in a theater: varaguyrə batsvets — the curtain rose
- Բարձbardzpillowit ends in dz, a voiced dz, with no r at the end: BAR-dz
- ՎերմակvermakblanketFrom ver, up: the thing that goes on top; the duvet cover is vermakì yeres, as with the pillow
- ՋահjahchandelierThe old meaning is a torch; hence the chandelier as a 'hanging fire'; the plain bulb under the ceiling is lamp
- ՆերկnerkpaintWall paint and hair dye alike; the same root is in nkar, a picture, and nkarel, to draw
- Պատերը ներկելpaterə nerkelto paint the wallsPat, a wall, pater in the plural; nerkel paints hair and fences with the same verb
- Պաստառpastarrwallpaperthe double rr rolls, stress on the last syllable: pas-TARR
- ՍալիկsaliktileA diminutive of sal, a stone slab; pavement tiles are salik too, and a chocolate bar is a different thing — shokoladi salik
- Պտուտակահանptutakahanscrewdriverfive syllables, stress on the last: ptu-ta-ka-HAN
- ԳայլիկոնgaylikondrillInside the word sits gayl, a wolf: the tool "gnaws" the wall; builders also say drel; the bit is gaylikoni tsayr
- Խողովակkhoghovakpipegh is throaty, like a French r: kho-gho-VAK
- Լամպը այրվել էlampə ayrvel ethe bulb burned outThe word for lamp, plus ayrvel, to burn, the root of ayrvatsk', the burn; a bulb in Armenian really 'burns up'
- Ջեռուցումjerrutsumheatingthe double rr rolls: jerr-ru-TSUM
- Վերանորոգում անելveranorogum anelto renovateVeranorogum is a renovation: vera-, re-, plus nor, new — 'a renewing'; the cosmetic kind is t'et'ev veranorogum
- Հաշվիչhashvichmeter (device)From hashvel, to count, the root of hashiv, the bill; the same word names a calculator, so they specify: jri hashvich, gazi hashvich
- Հաշվիչի ցուցմունքhashvichi tsutsmunk'meter readingsTsuyts tal is to show; tsutsmunk' is a reading; the same root is in tsutsak, a list, and in chvatsutsak, a timetable
- Ջրի վճարjri vcharwater billJur becomes jri in the "of what" form; built like komunal vchar, the utility bill
- Հոսանքի վճարhosank'i vcharelectricity billHosank', electricity, literally 'a flow', from hosel, to flow; an electrician is elektrik
- Ջուրն անջատել ենjurn anjatel enthe water is shut offAnjatel is to switch off; anjatel en, 'they have switched it off' — Armenian says it with 'they', no subject; the article is -n because a vowel follows
- Աղբամանaghbamantrash binAghb plus aman, a vessel; the same aman is in votnaman, footwear, a "foot vessel". Dictionaries give it for both a bin and a street litter bin, as with aghbarkgh
- Մուտքmutk'entranceThe base meaning is any entry; a building's entrance is mutk' too — yerkrord mutk', the second entrance; the same root appears in mutk'anun, the login
- Դռնախոսdrrnakhosintercomthe double rr rolls with no vowel before it: drr-na-KHOS
- Հարևանների աղմուկharevanneri aghmuknoise from the neighborsHarevan plus aghmuk, noise, the one in aghmkot e, it is noisy; literally "the noise of the neighbors"
- Շենքի կանոններshenk'i kanonnerbuilding rulesShenk' is a building, an apartment house, while tun is a home; kanon is a rule, the root of kanonor, regular
- ՋեռոցjerrotsovenFrom jerm, warm — the root of heating; gazozhakh is the stove, and jerrrots is the cabinet under it
- Միկրոալիքային վառարանmikroalik'ayin varraranmicrowaveAlik, a wave, plus varraran, an oven: "a microwave oven"; in speech it is shortened to mikroalikayin or simply mikro
- Քերիչk'erichgraterFrom k'erel, to grate, to scrape; the -ich tail makes a tool, as in the switch and the charger; the same root is in k'ertsvatsk, a scratch
- Շերեփsherep'ladleIt ends in p', a p on a puff; gdal is a spoon, and sherep is the big soup spoon
- Կափարիչkap'arichlidFrom tsatskel, k'apel, to close, with the same -ich tail as the grater; close the pot's lid: k'atsayi k'aparrichə p'akir
- Կտրատելու տախտակktratelu takhtakcutting boardKtrel, to cut, ktratel, to cut in quantity, plus takhtak, a board; the form ktratelu means 'for cutting' — that is how Armenian speaks of a thing's purpose
- ԳոգնոցgognotsapronFrom gog, a lap, the knees of a seated person; the same -ots tail as in the oven and the tablecloth — it gathers names of things by their job
- Սփռոցsp'rrotstableclothtwo syllables, p' with a puff and a rolling rr: sp'-RROTS
- ԲլենդերblenderblenderAn international word with no everyday Armenian rival; what you do in it is said through harel or manratsnel, to chop fine
- Սննդի տարաsnndi tarafood containerSnund, food (snndi in the "of what" form), plus tara, a container; the same tara names a jar and a box for anything
- ՍանրsanrcombThe verb is sanrel, to comb, and sanrvatsk is the hairstyle; a four-letter word with no vowel at the end, yet read in two syllables: a short ə slips in before the r — sa-nər
- ԱծելիatselirazorFrom atsilel, to shave; to shave oneself is atsilvel, and the beard is moruk'; an electric one is elektrakan atseli
- ՇամպունshampunshampooAn international word; gender is not marked in Armenian at all; soap is the ochar beside it, and shower gel is t'ntsughì gel
- ՄկրատmkratscissorsIn Armenian the word is singular though the object is a pair: mkratə sur e, the scissors are sharp; the word came from Arabic and is no relative of ktrel, to cut
- ԱսեղaseghneedleIt ends in gh, a throaty g; the same word names a syringe needle: asegh anel, to give an injection; the eye of a needle is aseghi akanj
- Թելt'elthreadIt starts with t', a t on a puff — don't mix with the plain t; a wire is another word, lar
- Դեն գցելden gtselto throw awayDen, away, aside, plus gtsel, to throw; English splits it, Armenian keeps the two inseparable; aghbaman is the bin it flies into
- Պահպանելpahpanelto storeA bookish word from Old Armenian; in everyday speech people often just say pahel, to keep; it fits jam in a cellar, a file in a phone and a tradition alike
- Լվացքի մեքենաlvatsk'i mek'enawashing machineLvatsk', laundry, from lvanal, to wash; mek'ena is the same word as a car; washing in it is mek'enayov lvanal
- Սպասք լվացող մեքենաspask' lvatsogh mek'enadishwasherSpask' is tableware as a whole — not the ap'se plate — plus lvatsogh, washing: the -ogh tail turns a verb into a doer, as in shp'vogh
- Սառցարանsarrtsaranchest freezerthree syllables, the rr rolls: sarr-tsa-RAN
- Օդափոխիչodap'okhichfan (cooling)Od, air, plus p'okhel, to change, plus the -ich tool tail: "an air-changer"; the same word names the kitchen extractor hood; the air conditioner is konditsioner
- ՋեռուցիչjerrutsichheaterFrom jerrutsum, heating, with the -ich tool tail; the electric kind is elektrakan jerrutsich
- ՖենfenhairdryerThe letter f is rare in Armenian and almost always betrays a borrowing — as in film and fakultet; the bookish way is mazeri choratsutsich, a hair drier, but nobody says it
- Երկարացման լարyerkaratsman larextension cordYerkar, long, plus yerkaratsum, an extension; lar is a cord; in a shop pilot is also understood, as the power strip is called
- ԱնջատիչanjatichswitchFrom anjatel, to switch off, with the -ich tool tail; the same tail is in the grater, the charger and the fan: -ich is the Armenian device suffix
- Պտուտակptutakwood screwFrom pttvel, to twist; the screwdriver really is a "screw-taker-outer"; the nail sits beside it — mek — and it is hammered, not twisted
- Մանեկաբանալիmanekabanaliwrenchsix syllables, stress on the last: ma-ne-ka-ba-na-LI
- Աքցանak'tsanpliersSingular, like the scissors: Armenian does not double paired tools; the same word names tongs and pincers
- Մեկուսիչ ժապավենmekusich zhapaveninsulating tapeMekusich, insulating, from mekusatsnel, to isolate; zhapaven, a tape — the same tape that was film in the old cinema
- ՍոսինձsosindzglueIt ends in dz; the verb with it is kptsnel, to glue; sosindzel also exists but speech takes the first
- Կպչուն ժապավենkpchun zhapaventapeKpchun, sticky, from kpchel, to stick; zhapaven, a tape, as in the insulating kind; in a shop they also say simply skoch
- ՊարանparanropeA clothesline is lvatskì paran; don't mix with lar, the cord, and t'el, the thread: a paran is thick and you tie knots in it
- Կպցնելkptsnelto stick (together)From kpchel, to stick; -tsnel aims the action at another, as in t'akanal and t'akatsnel; to come off is pokvel
- Պտուտակելptutakelto screw inFrom ptutak, a screw: 'to screw tight'; to unscrew is arratskel or ptutakahanov hanel; twisting in general is pttvel
- Չափելchap'elto measureFrom chap', a measure — the root of ch'ap's, clothing size; temperature, length and patience are measured with one verb
- Սեփական ձեռքերով նորոգելsep'akan dzerrk'erov norogelto fix things with your own handsSep'akan, one's own, plus dzerrkerov, by the hands, instrumental -ov; shorter is derrkov norogel, and ink's em norogel means 'I fixed it myself'
- ՑնցուղtsntsughshowerTwo ց in a row inside one word: tsnts. The sound is an aspirated ts
- Ջերմաչափjermachap'thermometerBoth չ and փ are aspirated: the ch and the p each come out on a breath
- ՏոստերtostertoasterA loanword, spelled as it sounds. The bread for it is տոստի հաց (hats), and nobody puts lavash in a toaster
- ՀարդարումhardarumfinishingFrom հարդարել 'to put in order, to adorn'. The finishing of a flat and the styling of hair alike
- Իջեցնելijets'nelto lowerthe same verb lowers a price: ginə ijets'nel
- Տեղաշարժելteghasharzhelto move (something)from tegh — place — and sharzhel — to set in motion: to shift off its spot
- Գցելgtselto drop (accidentally)both 'drop' and 'throw'. Accident comes from the context, not the word
- Գետնից վերցնելgetnits' verts'nelto pick up off the floorgetin is the ground and the floor alike; the case is the 'from where' form: getnits'
- Կախելkakhelto hangkakhich — coat hook — is of the same root
- Դարակից վերցնելdarakits' verts'nelto take off the shelfdarak — shelf. An Armenian says vertsru — 'take' — not 'take down'
- Ծալելtsalelto foldfold in two, bend. Tsalk' — a crease
- Փռելp'rrelto spread outto lay flat over a surface; laundry is hung out with it too
- Փաթաթելp'at'at'elto wrap upto wind around; a scarf is wound with it too
- Փաթեթը բացելp'at'et'y bats'elto unwrapa parcel is literally 'opened' — there is no verb of its own
- Բացելbats'elto openaccounts are opened with it, and meetings too
- Փակելp'akelto closep'ak means 'closed' — that is what the shop door prints
- Կողպելkoghpelto lockkoghpek' — the lock. Closing and locking are told apart here just as in English
- Կողպեքը բացելkoghpek'y bats'elto unlockno verb of its own: the lock is simply 'opened'
- Լույսը վառելluysy varrelto turn on the lightvarrel — to kindle: the light, the fire and the stove alike
- Լույսը հանգցնելluysy hangts'nelto turn off the lighthangts'nel — to put out, the partner of varrel. The same -ts'n insert again
- Սեղմելseghmelto pressboth 'press a button' and 'squeeze a hand': dzerrkə seghmel
- Բռնակը պտտելbrrnaky pttelto turn the handlebrrnak — handle — comes from brrnel, 'to hold'
- Թակելt'akelto knockexactly about doors. Knocking on a table is a different, rattling verb
- Զանգը տալzangy talto ring the doorbellzang is both the doorbell and a phone call
- Շեմshemthresholdthe sill of a door and 'on the threshold' of time alike: dzmrran shemin
- Դռան բռնակdrran brrnakdoor handledurr loses its vowel in the 'of what' form: drran. Brrnel — to hold
- Դռան կողպեքdrran koghpek'door lockfrom koghpel — to lock; the padlock is called koghpek' too
- Դռան զանգdrran zangdoorbellzang is the doorbell and the phone ring alike
- Պատուհանագոգpatuhanagogwindowsillpatuhan — window — plus gog — a hollow, a lap
- Վարագույրvaraguyrcurtain (thin, net)one word for the curtain, the drape and the theater curtain
- Գիշերային լամպgisherayin lampnight lightthe -ayin tail turns gisher — night — into a feature
- Լվացարանlvatsaransinklvanal plus -aran, a place for the action, like chasharan — canteen
- Վաննաvannabathtuba borrowing: logaran is the whole bathroom, not the tub itself
- Զուգարանակոնքzugaranakonk'toiletzugaran — toilet — plus konk' — basin, bowl
- Ճկափողchkap'oghhosechkun — flexible — plus p'ogh — tube; in speech people say shlank
- Հարևանharevanneighboringharevan means 'neighbor': there is no separate adjective — the same noun steps in front of another and becomes a feature, harevan seghan, harevan gyugh
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
Տուն (tun) — house. The stem shifts in the local case: tanə — at home, tun — home. Hence deghatun — pharmacy — and tnayin — domestic.
Կոտրված (kotrvats) — broken. From kotrel — to break. The -vats ending makes the participle: 'broken'.
Բնակարան (bnakaran) — apartment. The first word of any rental ad. Strictly a flat, and in Yerevan housing is hunted under exactly this name.
Սենյակ (senyak) — room. Hence grasenyak — office, 'a room for papers'.
Test yourself
First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.
- What is this word?
It is Տուն (tun) — house.
- What is this word?
It is Հարկ (hark) — floor.
- What is this word?
It is Պատուհան (patuhan) — window.
- What is this word?
It is Մաքրություն (mak'rut'yun) — cleaning.
- What is this word?
It is Վարձակալություն (vardzakalut'yun) — rental.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “house” in Armenian?
the stem shifts in the local case: tanə — at home, tun — home. Hence deghatun — pharmacy — and tnayin — domestic
- How do you say “floor” in Armenian?
a false friend inside Armenian itself: hark is both 'floor' and 'tax'. Context tells them apart
- How do you say “window” in Armenian?
pat — wall. A window is the thing in the wall
- How do you say “cleaning” in Armenian?
from mak'ur — clean. One word for 'cleanliness' and 'cleaning'; to tidy up is said as tunə havakel — 'gather the house'
- How do you say “rental” in Armenian?
the root is vardz — payment. Vardzov verts'nel — to rent, vardzov tal — to let
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Room, key, water, electricity. You will need them on your first day in a rented flat.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- 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.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “house” in Armenian?
«Տուն» (tun), read “tun”. The stem shifts in the local case: tanə — at home, tun — home. Hence deghatun — pharmacy — and tnayin — domestic. It is one of 192 words in the set “home and things” — the rest are in the table above.
How many household words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 192 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.
Is there audio?
Yes, 192 words on this page can be played — click the speaker next to the word. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.