LingoflyBuildings and premises in Armenian
11 words in Armenian on the topic “buildings and premises”: Ավտոկայան (avtokayan) — bus station, Նավամատույց (navamatuyts) — pier, Փոխանակման կետ (p'okhanakman ket) — exchange office, Կենդանաբանական այգի (kendanabanakan aygi) — zoo. 11 words can be played from recordings.
11 words on the topic
- Ավտոկայանavtokayanbus stationkayaran is 'station' in general; for buses people say the shorter avtokayan
- Նավամատույցnavamatuytspiernav — ship, plus matuyts — approach; the same matuyts builds karramatuyts — platform
- Փոխանակման կետp'okhanakman ketexchange officeartarzhuyti p'okhanakum means 'currency exchange'; ket is a point, and on a sign, an office
- Կենդանաբանական այգիkendanabanakan aygizooliterally 'zoological garden'; in speech it is cut down to zoopark
- Կրկեսkrkescircusthe native word won here: nobody says tsirk, even casually
- Հրշեջ կայանhrshej kayanfire stationhrshej means 'firefighter' — the same word stands before the building
- Ավտոլվացումavtolvatsumcar washlvatsum is from lvanal — to wash; lvats'katun is the laundromat, and mixing them up is expensive
- Զբոսաշրջային գործակալությունzbosashrjayin gortsakalut'yuntravel agencyfrom zbosashrjik — tourist; gortsakalut'yun comes from gorts — business
- Գլխավոր փողոցglkhavor p'oghotsmain streetfrom glux — head; the vowel drops out in the derivative: glkhavor
- Տոմսարկղtomsarkghticket boothtoms — ticket, plus ark'gh — box; dramarkgh, built the same way, is the cash desk
- Դահլիճdahlichhallthe hall where an audience sits: kinoyi dahlich. The -srah tail also appears in marzasrah and spasasrah — the gym and the lobby, smaller rooms
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
Ավտոկայան (avtokayan) — bus station. Kayaran is 'station' in general; for buses people say the shorter avtokayan.
Նավամատույց (navamatuyts) — pier. Nav — ship, plus matuyts — approach; the same matuyts builds karramatuyts — platform.
Փոխանակման կետ (p'okhanakman ket) — exchange office. Artarzhuyti p'okhanakum means 'currency exchange'; ket is a point, and on a sign, an office.
Կենդանաբանական այգի (kendanabanakan aygi) — zoo. Literally 'zoological garden'; in speech it is cut down to zoopark.
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 Ավտոկայան (avtokayan) — bus station.
- What is this word?
It is Զբոսաշրջային գործակալություն (zbosashrjayin gortsakalut'yun) — travel agency.
- What is this word?
It is Կենդանաբանական այգի (kendanabanakan aygi) — zoo.
- What is this word?
It is Դահլիճ (dahlich) — hall.
- What is this word?
It is Ավտոլվացում (avtolvatsum) — car wash.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “bus station” in Armenian?
kayaran is 'station' in general; for buses people say the shorter avtokayan
- How do you say “travel agency” in Armenian?
from zbosashrjik — tourist; gortsakalut'yun comes from gorts — business
- How do you say “zoo” in Armenian?
literally 'zoological garden'; in speech it is cut down to zoopark
- How do you say “hall” in Armenian?
the hall where an audience sits: kinoyi dahlich. The -srah tail also appears in marzasrah and spasasrah — the gym and the lobby, smaller rooms
- How do you say “car wash” in Armenian?
lvatsum is from lvanal — to wash; lvats'katun is the laundromat, and mixing them up is expensive
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Where to go and what is done there. These words are read off a sign more often than they are spoken.
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 “bus station” in Armenian?
«Ավտոկայան» (avtokayan), read “avtokayan”. Kayaran is 'station' in general; for buses people say the shorter avtokayan. It is one of 11 words in the set “buildings and premises” — the rest are in the table above.
How many words for buildings and places do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 11 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, 11 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.