LingoflyPeople and family in Armenian
195 words in Armenian on the topic “people and family”: Ընկեր (ənker) — friend, Ընտանիք (əntanik') — family, Մայրիկ (mayrik) — mom, Հայրիկ (hayrik) — dad. 194 words can be played from recordings.
195 words on the topic
- Ընկերənkerfriendstarts with the fleeting schwa ə. It also means 'comrade' and a girl's boyfriend; a girlfriend is ənkeruhi
- Ընտանիքəntanik'familyalso with the initial ə. A relative of əntani — 'tame, domestic' — said of animals
- Մայրիկmayrikmommayr — mother — plus the endearing -ik. Hayrik, tatik and papik are built the same way
- Հայրիկhayrikdadhayr — father — plus the same endearing -ik. The pair of mayrik
- Երեխաyerekhachildthe initial e gives a ye glide: ye-re-KHA. The plural is yerekhaner, with no surprises
- Վաճառողvacharroghsellerthe same vacharr- root as in the counter. The -ogh ending turns a verb into its doer: 'the selling one'
- Գնորդgnordbuyerfrom gnel — to buy. Do not mix with gnal — to go: one letter, and the meaning is another
- 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
- Թոշակառուt'oshakarruretireet'oshak — pension, arrnel — to take: 'one who takes a pension'
- Ղեկավարghekavarbossghek — the wheel: a boss is 'the one at the wheel'. In speech shef is said more often
- Գործընկերgortsənkercoworkergorts — work — plus ənker — friend: 'a comrade in work'
- Մարդmardpersonthe plural breaks the rule: not marder but mardik. This word has to be learned on its own
- Տղամարդtghamardmantgha — boy, mard — person: two words stuck together into a third
- Կինkinwomankin is both woman and wife; the possessive ending shows which: im kinə — my wife
- Պատանիpataniyoung manthe age between yerekha and yeritasard. The same years are also called derrahas, a teenager
- Օրիորդoriordyoung ladythe polite word for an unmarried woman — think 'miss': Oriord Ani. Everyday speech simply says ajchik
- Ծերունիtseruniold mansounds like tse-ru-NI; the first letter is a sharp ts, snappier than the ts of cats
- Անծանոթantsanot'strangeran- is the negation prefix, tsanot' — familiar. The same word works as an adjective: antsanot k'aghak — an unfamiliar city
- Ամբոխambokhcrowdambokh is an unruly crowd, with a shade of being packed. People gathered for a cause are bazmut'yun
- Որդիvordisonhere the initial o follows the regular rule and gives vo: vor-DI
- Մազերmazerhairthe singular maz is one strand; hair as a head of hair is spoken of in the plural: mazerd geghetsik en
- Բարձրահասակbardzrahasaktallbardzr — high — plus hasak — height; of a house people simply say bardzr, of a person this
- Ցածրահասակtsatsrahasakshort in staturethe partner of bardzrahasak, tall: ts'atsr — low — plus hasak — height
- Երիտասարդyeritasardyoungthe same word as a noun means 'a young man'
- Մորուքmoruk'beardto let a beard grow is moruk t'oghnel — literally 'leave the beard'
- Բեղերbeghermustachehere Armenian, on the contrary, agrees on the plural: begher
- Նիհարniharskinnyto lose weight is niharel; the word is neutral, nothing offensive in it
- Գերgeroverweightabout a person it sounds a bit blunt; the politer word is lik'ə — 'full'
- Սիրունsiruncutefrom ser — love: 'dear to look at'; for stronger beauty there is geghetsik
- Արտաքինartak'inlooksfrom art — the outer side; the same word means 'external': artak'in gortser — foreign affairs
- ԲարիbarikindThe bari of bari luys and bari or, good morning and good day — there it wishes well, here it describes a person
- Զվարթzvart'cheerfulThe same zvart' as in Zvartnots, the temple and Yerevan airport: 'place of the joyful ones'
- ԽելացիkhelatsismartFrom khelk', mind. A smartphone is khelatsi herrahos — a 'smart telephone'
- ՉարcharmeanA strong word: char is about evil, not a bad mood. For angry at the moment use barkatsats
- ՀանգիստhangistcalmThe same word means 'rest' and 'quiet': hangist yeghir is both 'calm down' and 'be quiet'
- Քաղաքավարիk'aghak'avaripoliteBuilt on k'aghak', city: 'city-like', courteous — politeness was a town virtue
- ԾույլtsuyllazyThe noun is tsulut'yun, laziness; tsulanum em means 'I am being lazy'
- ԽիզախkhizakhbraveTwo kh sounds frame the word: khi-zakh. A more colloquial synonym is hamardzak
- ԱզնիվaznivhonestThe noun is aznvut'yun, honesty; azniv khosk is 'an honest word', one you can trust
- Բնավորությունbnavorut'yuncharacterFrom bnut'yun, nature: your character is your human nature. A hard one is 'heavy', tsanr bnavorut'yun
- ՀարսharsbrideThe same word means daughter-in-law: for her husband's family she stays hars even after twenty years
- Փեսաp'esagroomthe p' is a p on a strong puff: p'e-SA
- Ամուսնանալamusnanalto marryFrom amusin, a spouse; it works for a man and for a woman alike — getting married is the same verb
- Ամուսնալուծությունamusnalutsut'yundivorcea-mus-na-lu-tsu-T'UN, stress on the last syllable
- ԾնողներtsnoghnerparentsFrom tsnel, to give birth; one parent is tsogh; the word is long, so the plural is -ner
- ԵղբայրyeghbayrbrotherThe initial Ե reads ye; Yeghbayr jan is said to a friend, not only to a brother
- Քույրk'uyrsisterthe k' is a k on a puff: k'-UYR
- ՏատիկtatikgrandmaThe -ik is an endearment, as in mayrik; the stern form is tat
- ՊապիկpapikgrandpaThe partner of tatik, with the same fond -ik
- Քեռիk'erriuncleArmenian splits uncles: k'erri is the mother's brother, horeghbayr the father's; mixing them up is the classic slip
- Մորաքույրmorak'uyrauntMor, of the mother, plus k'uyr, sister: the mother's sister; the father's is horak'uyr
- Թոռt'orrgrandsonan aspirated t' plus a rolling rr: t'-ORR
- ԱզգականazgakanrelativeFrom azg, kin, a people — as in azgayin taraz, the national costume; the whole clan is azgakanner
- ԶարմիկzarmikcousinA girl cousin is zarmuhi; in speech people describe: k'errus tghan, my uncle's son
- ԵրեխաներyerekhanerchildrenThe plural of yerekha, a child; the word is long, so the plural is -ner
- ՏղաtghaboyThe same word means a guy and a son; tgha jan is how you address a young man
- Աղջիկaghjikgirlghj is a throaty gh plus j: agh-JIK
- ԴուստրdustrdaughterThe bookish word, for documents; in conversation you say aghjiks, my girl
- Քանի՞ տարեկան եսk'ani tarekan es?how old are youLiterally 'how-many-years-old are you'; after k'ani there is no plural — tarekan, not tariner
- ՄեծահասակmetsahasakadultMets, big, plus hasak, of stature and of age: 'big-grown'; ticket windows split metsahasak and yerekha
- ԴեռահասderrahasteenagerDerr, still, plus hasnel, to grow to: 'still growing up'
- ՆորածինnoratsinbabyNor, new, plus tsin, born: 'newborn'; an older little one is pk'orik
- Տարիքtarik'ageFrom tari, a year; on forms the field is labeled tarik'
- Երեսուն տարեկան եմyeresun tarekan emI'm thirtyAge is not 'to me' but 'I': literally 'I am thirty-years-old'; yeresun is thirty
- ԳանգուրgangurcurlyAbout hair: gangur mazer; mazer means hair; straight hair is ughigh mazer
- ՃաղատchaghatbaldIt starts with ch, a plain ch without a puff, as in chash, dinner; don't mix with chagh, a bar of a railing
- Ալեհերalehergray-hairedAlik, a wave, plus maz/her, hair: 'wave-haired'; about the person they often say aleher tghamard, and about the hair itself chermakats mazer
- Հասակhasakheight (of a person)The same word means age: ays hasakum, at this age; both senses come from hasnel, to grow to; the words for tall and short are built from it
- ՍլացիկslatsikslimFrom slanal, to dash, to fly: slim here is "flying"; a compliment, unlike nihar, thin, which can sound alarming
- Միջին հասակիmijin hasakiof medium heightMijin, middle, plus hasaki, the "of what" form of hasak; careful: mijin tariqi with the same mijin already means middle-aged
- Առատաձեռնarratadzerrngeneroustwo rolling rr: ar-ra-ta-DZERRN
- Համբերատարhamberatarpatient (adjective)From hamberel, to endure; hamberir — hold on: the word you will hear in a queue and at the doctor more than any other
- ԱշխատասերashkhataserhardworkingAshkhatank', work, plus ser, love: a 'work-lover'; the -ser tail gathers a whole family: girk'aser, a book-lover, hyuraser, hospitable
- ՎստահելիvstahelireliableFrom vstahel, to trust: reliable is one you can trust; don't mix with vstah, sure — vstah is about yourself, vstaheli about another
- ՀամեստhamestmodestAbout a person and about things: hamest untrik, a modest dinner, hamest gumar, a modest sum; here it is praise, not reproach
- Շփվողshp'voghsociabletwo syllables, p' is a p with a puff: shp'-VOGH
- ՀոգատարhogatarcaringHog, care, plus tanel, to carry: "a care-carrier"; the same root is in hogal, to care for, and anhog, carefree
- ԼուրջlurjseriousAbout a person and a matter alike: lurj khndir, a serious problem; on its own Lurj means 'seriously?' — the commonest reply of surprise
- Դաստիարակվածdastiarakvatswell-manneredfive syllables, stress on the last: das-ti-a-rak-VATS
- Հումորի զգացումhumori zgatsumsense of humorZgatsum, a feeling, from zgal, to feel. The same pattern gives chapi zgatsum, a sense of proportion
- ԱգահagahgreedyThe direct opposite of the generous one; there is also the colloquial zhlat, stingy: agah wants more, zhlat will not give up his own
- ՀամառhamarrstubbornIt ends in the rolling rr; not always a reproach: hamarr ashkhatank, persistent work — there it is praise
- ԿոպիտkopitrudeAbout a person and a thing: kopit gortsvatsk, coarse fabric, kopit skhal, a gross mistake; exactly the same spread as in English
- Լկտիlktiimpudenttwo syllables, three consonants at the start with no vowel: lk-TI
- ԽորամանկkhoramankcunningKhor, deep, plus mank from mankut'yun, childhood: 'deep childishness', that is, a trick; in fairy tales the fox is always khoramank aghves
- ՇատախոսshatakhoschattyShat, much, plus khosel, to speak: "much-speaking"; built exactly like the lecturer and the speaker
- Ցրվածtsrvatsabsent-mindedFrom tsrel, to scatter: about a person and a cloud alike — tsrvats amper; the attention meanwhile tsrvum e, it scatters
- Դյուրաբորբոքdyuraborbok'hot-temperedstress on the last: dyu-ra-bor-BOK'
- ԱնտարբերantarberindifferentAn-, not, plus tarber, different: to one for whom everything is the same, nothing 'differs'; the an- prefix negates a whole shelf of words: anhog, anamot, anshnorkh
- Սովորությունsovorut'yunhabitFrom sovorel, to learn, to get used to; one word for a habit and a custom: azgayin sovorut'yunner, folk customs
- ԸնկերուհիənkeruhigirlfriendThe -uhi tail makes a female noun from a male one: usutsich, a teacher, gives usutschuhi; bzhishk, a doctor, gives bzhshkuhi. It also turns a friend into a girlfriend — by context
- Ծանոթtsanot'acquaintanceBoth a noun and an adjective: tsanot demk', a familiar face; to meet is tsanotanal, an acquaintance is tsanotut'yun
- ՏաղանդtaghandtalentAn international word that came from Greek through a unit of weight; talented is taghandavor, with the -avor tail, "having"
- Ծնվելtsnvelto be bornFrom tsnel, to give birth, with -v-: to be born oneself; the same root as in tsogh, a parent, and tsnund, birth, birthday
- Մանկությունmankut'yunchildhoodFrom manuk, a child, with the -ut'yun tail; the u drops in the root: manuk gives mank-; yerekha is a child in general, a manuk a very small one
- Պատանեկությունpatanekut'yunadolescencefive syllables, stress on the last: pa-ta-ne-ku-T'UN
- Չափահաս կյանքchap'ahas kyank'adult lifeChap', a measure, plus hasnel, to grow to: 'one who has reached the measure', of age; a grown person is chapahas or metsahasak
- ՍերունդserundgenerationThe same root as in serm, a seed: what was sown and grew up; a young generation is yeritasard serund, from generation to generation serndeserund
- Հայրենի քաղաքhayreni k'aghak'hometownFrom hayr, father — the same root as in Hayrenik, the fatherland; the native language, meanwhile, is mayreni, from the mother: Armenian remembers who gave what
- Երկրում հինգ տարի ապրելyerkrum hing tari aprelto live in the country for five yearsArmenian needs no extra word for "for five years": plain aprel plus the span shows the time was lived through; yerkrum, in the country, with the "where" form -um
- ՀուշhushmemoryA short word; memory as a faculty is hishoghut'yun — the same word as in herrakhosi hishoghut'yun, phone memory; a hush is one particular imprint of the past; memoirs are husher
- Հին լուսանկարhin lusankaran old photoLuys, light, plus nkar, a picture: 'light-writing', exactly like the Greek photography; hin is old about a thing; about a person they say tarets
- ՃակատագիրchakatagirfateChakat, a forehead, plus gir, writing: 'what is written on the forehead'; the picture is old and eastern, the word alive and common
- Նոր կյանք սկսելnor kyank' skselto start a new lifeKyank', life, ends in k' on a puff; sksel, to begin — hence also the sksnak, the beginner
- Ընտանիք կազմելəntanik' kazmelto start a familyA family is not 'started' here but 'composed': kazmel, to compose — the same verb composes a sentence and a list
- Աղքատaghk'atpoorՂ and ք in a row: a throaty g followed by an aspirated k — agh-KAT
- Մանկության ընկերmankut'yan ənkerchildhood friendFrom մանկություն (mankut'yun) 'childhood' in the 'of what' form, մանկության (mankut'yan). The phrase մանկուց (mankuts), 'since childhood', grows from the same root
- Երեխաներին դաստիարակելyerekhanerin dastiarakelto bring up childrenA living creature in the object position always takes the 'to whom' form: not երեխաներ (yerekhaner) but երեխաներին (yerekhanerin). Upbringing is դաստիարակություն (dastiarakut'yun)
- Նշանադրությունnshanadrut'yunengagementFrom նշան 'sign'; նշանված is engaged. About the day itself people say նշանդրեք
- Հարսանեկան զգեստharsanekan zgestwedding dressԶգեստ (zgest) is a dress as an outfit, while շրջազգեստ is a skirt. The veil is քող
- ՆորապսակներnorapsaknernewlywedsFrom նոր (nor) 'new' and պսակ 'crown, wedding rite': newly crowned. A solemn word, exactly at home in a toast
- Տնօրհնեքtnorhnek'housewarmingFrom տուն (tun) 'house' and օրհնել 'to bless': in Armenia a priest is invited to a housewarming, and the feast is named after that rite
- ՍուգsugmourningFrom սգալ 'to mourn'; սգավոր is a person in mourning. The fortieth day is marked separately and called քառասունք
- Բարությունbarut'yunkindnessFrom բարի (bari) 'kind', the very word of the greeting բարի լույս (bari luys). A kind-hearted person is բարեսիրտ
- Ինքնատիրապետումink'natirapetumself-controlSaid as ink-na-ti-ra-pe-tum, with the linking -ա- sewing ինքն and տիրապետել together
- Համբերությունhamberut'yunpatienceThe adjective համբերատար (hamberatar) means patient. The wish համբերություն (hamberut'yun) is said to someone who is having a hard time
- Եսասիրությունyesasirut'yunselfishnessFrom ես (yes) 'I' and սեր (ser) 'love': self-love. The same -սիրություն builds հայրենասիրություն, patriotism, and հետաքրքրասիրություն (hetak'rk'rasirut'yun) from here
- Ծուլությունtsulut'yunlazinessFrom ծույլ (tsuyl) 'lazy'; inside the word ույ turns into ու (u). To be lazy is ծուլանալ
- Հետաքրքրասիրությունhetak'rk'rasirut'yuncuriosityA tongue-twister of four r sounds: he-tak-krkra-si-ru-tyun. Practice it syllable by syllable
- Պարկեշտությունparkeshtut'yundecencyFrom պարկեշտ 'decent, modest'. Ազնվություն means honesty and speaks of truth, while պարկեշտություն (parkeshtut'yun) speaks of conduct
- Հնարամտությունhnaramtut'yunresourcefulnessFrom հնար 'a means' and միտք 'thought': a thought about a way out. Հնարք (hnark'), the trick, is the same root with a different mark
- Անհոգությունanhogut'yuncarelessnessFrom ան- 'without' and հոգ 'care': care-freeness. In Armenian the word is a shade softer and not always a reproach
- ՎճռականvchrrakandecisiveThree consonants at the start: վ-ճ-ռ. The ճ is a crisp ch, the ռ rolled
- ԱմաչկոտamachkotshyFrom ամաչել (amachel) 'to be embarrassed' plus -կոտ, the suffix of inclination. The same -կոտ makes լացկոտ, crybaby-ish, and վախկոտ, cowardly
- ԶիջողzijoghaccommodatingA participle in -ող from զիջել (zijel) 'to give way': the one who yields. Closer to yielding than to easygoing, and it is honest to say so
- Ինքնասերink'naserpridefulFrom ինքն 'self' and սեր (ser) 'love'. The same prefix ինքն- as in ինքնատիրապետում (ink'natirapetum) and ինքնամփոփ (ink'namp'op')
- ԿարեկիցkarekitsresponsiveFrom կարիք 'need' and -ակից 'co-': feeling need along with you. The noun կարեկցանք (karektsank') means compassion
- Ինքնամփոփink'namp'op'withdrawnFrom ինքն 'self' and ամփոփել 'to gather into one': gathered into oneself. Not about gloominess but about closedness
- ՈւղղամիտughghamitstraightforwardFrom ուղիղ (ughigh) 'straight' and միտք 'thought': straight-thinking. Two ղ in a row, as in ուղղություն, direction
- ԱնկանխատեսելիankankhateseliunpredictableThe negation an- on kankhateseli, predictable. A long word, but it assembles from simple parts
- Հնազանդվելhnazandvelto obeyFrom հնազանդ (hnazand) 'obedient'. The one obeyed takes the 'to whom' form: ծնողներին հնազանդվել (hnazandvel). Լսել (lsel) will not do here: that one is about ears
- Զսպվելzspvelto hold backThree consonants at the start: զ-ս-պ, with a barely audible uh between them
- Կատակ անելkatak anelto play a jokeFrom կատակ (katak) 'a joke' and անել (anel) 'to do'. On whom takes the 'of what' form with վրա (vra): նրա (nra) վրա (vra) կատակ անել (katak anel)
- Իրեն պարտադրելiren partadrelto impose oneselfLiterally 'to force oneself'. Պարտադրել (partadrel) means to coerce, from պարտք (partk'), a debt
- Խոսքը պահելkhosk'ə pahelto keep one's wordThe same picture as in English: խոսք is the word, պահել (pahel) is to keep. To break one's word is խոսքը (khosk'ə) դրժել
- Արժանանալarzhananalto deserveFrom արժանի 'worthy'. What you deserve takes the 'to whom' form: մրցանակին արժանանալ (arzhananal). The adjective անարժան means undeserving
- Կշտամբելkshtambelto reproachThe noun կշտամբանք means a reproach. The word is slightly bookish; in speech people say նախատել (nakhatel)
- Պարսավելparsavelto frown uponTo censure an act. Դատապարտել (datapartel) means to condemn — it also means to sentence in court, while պարսավել (parsavel) is only about opinion
- Հույսը չարդարացնելhuysə chardaratsnelto let downLiterally 'to not justify the hope'. The English let down is not carried by motion: Armenian speaks of hope
- Դիտմամբditmambon purposeThe 'by what' form of դիտավորություն, intent. By accident is պատահաբար (patahabar)
- Հիմարությունիցhimarut'yunitsout of foolishnessThe 'from where' form of հիմարություն, foolishness: the English out of is carried by the ending -ից, not by a preposition
- Բարի մտադրությամբbari mtadrut'yambwith the best of intentionsLiterally 'with a good intention'. Մտադրություն (mtadrut'yun) means an intention; the 'by what' form gives մտադրությամբ (mtadrut'yamb)
- Դա տգեղ էda tgegh eit is not niceThe prefix տ- is negative here, and գեղ is beauty: un-beautiful. About looks and about conduct alike
- Նա չարությունից չէna charut'yunits chehe meant no harmՉարություն is malice, from չար (char) 'evil'. The -ից tail carries the English 'out of'
- Խղճահարությունkhghchaharut'yunpityFour consonants at the start: խ-ղ-ճ, read kh-gh-ch with tiny vowels slipping in
- Ազդեցությունazdetsut'yuninfluenceFrom ազդել (azdel), to influence. On whom takes վրա (vra): նրա (nra) վրա (vra) ազդեցություն (azdetsut'yun)
- Հեղինակությունheghinakut'yunauthorityFrom հեղինակ (heghinak), the author: authority is literally authorship in the eyes of people. The adjective հեղինակավոր means authoritative
- Փոխադարձաբարp'okhadardzabarmutuallyFrom փոխադարձ 'mutual' plus -աբար, the adverb suffix. The answer to a compliment sounds exactly so: փոխադարձաբար (p'okhadardzabar)
- Հավասար հիմունքներովhavasar himunk'nerovas equalsLiterally 'on equal foundations'. Հիմունք is a basis, from հիմք (himk'); the plural 'by what' form gives հիմունքներով (himunk'nerov)
- Լեզու գտնելlezu gtnelto get alongLiterally 'to find a tongue' — to find a way to talk to each other. With whom takes հետ (het): նրա (nra) հետ (het) լեզու գտնել (lezu gtnel)
- Հեռու մնալherru mnalto stay out of itLiterally 'to remain far'. What you stay out of takes the 'from where' form: վեճից (vechits) հեռու մնալ (herru mnal)
- Ամուսինamusinhusbandthe same word serves for wife: amusin means 'spouse' with no mark of sex; context tells you which
- Կինkinwifecovers both 'wife' and 'woman' — Spanish mujer does the same trick. The unambiguous word is tikin, 'lady'
- Մարդիկmardikpeoplethe plural of mard is irregular, through -ik. The usual -er plural does not work here
- Սկեսուրskesurhusband's motherThe husband's mother; the wife's mother is zok'anch — there is no common word above them
- Զոքանչzok'anchwife's motherThe wife's mother, the partner of skesur; mixing them up in talk is not allowed
- Սկեսրայրskesrayrhusband's fatherSkesur plus ayr, a man; the wife's father is aner
- Քեռայրk'errayrson-in-lawK'erri, the maternal uncle, plus ayr: a sister's husband becomes uncle to her children; a daughter's husband is p'esa, like the groom
- Եղբոր կինyeghbor kinbrother's wifeHars means the bride — a daughter-in-law in the house is called the same; a brother's wife is spelled out yeghbor kin
- ԵղբորորդիyeghborordinephewYeghborordi run together — a brother's son; a sister's son is k'rojordi, no common word
- Եղբոր աղջիկyeghbor aghjiknieceLiterally 'a brother's girl'; a sister's girl is k'roj aghjik — the word changes with whose child it is
- Թոռնուհիt'orrnuhigranddaughterT'orr is the grandson; the feminine -uhi is the same as in usutschuhi, a schoolmistress
- ԵրկվորյակներyerkvoryaknertwinsFrom yerku, two; in the singular yerkvoryak is one of the twins
- ՀարազատներharazatnerkinAzgakan means one relative; harazatner is all your kin at once, and the word is warmer
- Ավագ եղբայրavag yeghbayrolder brotherAvag is senior in standing; mets yeghbayr is said of one who is simply bigger
- Կրտսեր քույրkrtser k'uyryounger sisterKrtser is the partner of avag; at home people more often say pk'or k'uyr
- Միակ երեխաmiak yerekhaonly childMiak stands before the word and never changes, while the article hangs on the noun
- Զարմուհիzarmuhigirl cousinZarmik is a boy cousin; the feminine -uhi tail gives the girl kind
- Խորթ մայրkhort' mayrstepmotherKhort is not one's own; the same word sits in khort yeghbayr, a half-brother
- Խորթ հայրkhort' hayrstepfatherThe partner of khort mayr; there is no separate word of its own here
- ՈրբvorborphanThe initial o reads vo; voranots, an orphanage, is the same root
- ԱյրիayriwidowA word without gender: widow and widower; ayri kin specifies which one
- ԿողակիցkoghakitsspouseKogh is a side: "the one at your side"; the word has no gender, and documents write amusin, which means husband
- Տիկինtikinwife (formal)Before a name tikin is madam; Dzer tikinə is the polite 'your wife', softer than Dzer kinə
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What is worth knowing about these words
Ընկեր (ənker) — friend. Starts with the fleeting schwa ə. It also means 'comrade' and a girl's boyfriend; a girlfriend is ənkeruhi.
Ընտանիք (əntanik') — family. Also with the initial ə. A relative of əntani — 'tame, domestic' — said of animals.
Մայրիկ (mayrik) — mom. Mayr — mother — plus the endearing -ik. Hayrik, tatik and papik are built the same way.
Հայրիկ (hayrik) — dad. Hayr — father — plus the same endearing -ik. The pair of mayrik.
Test yourself
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Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “friend” in Armenian?
starts with the fleeting schwa ə. It also means 'comrade' and a girl's boyfriend; a girlfriend is ənkeruhi
- How do you say “neighbor” in Armenian?
the neighbor on your landing and the neighboring country alike: harevan erkir
- How do you say “woman” in Armenian?
kin is both woman and wife; the possessive ending shows which: im kinə — my wife
- How do you say “hair” in Armenian?
the singular maz is one strand; hair as a head of hair is spoken of in the plural: mazerd geghetsik en
- How do you say “overweight” in Armenian?
about a person it sounds a bit blunt; the politer word is lik'ə — 'full'
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Mum, friend, child, neighbour. The first thing people ask you about, and the first thing you tell about yourself.
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 “friend” in Armenian?
«Ընկեր» (ənker), read “ənker”. Starts with the fleeting schwa ə. It also means 'comrade' and a girl's boyfriend; a girlfriend is ənkeruhi. It is one of 195 words in the set “people and family” — the rest are in the table above.
How many family words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 195 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.
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