LingoflyShopping and money in Armenian
89 words in Armenian on the topic “shopping and money”: Որքա՞ն արժե (vork'an arzhe) — how much is it, Դրամ (dram) — dram, Խանութ (khanut') — shop, Շուկա (shuka) — market. 89 words can be played from recordings.
89 words on the topic
- Որքա՞ն արժեvork'an arzhe?how much is itarzhel — to cost. The question hook sits on vork'an — 'how much' — not at the end of the phrase
- Դրամdramdramrelated to the Greek drachma and older than the currency itself. Price tags shorten it to the sign with a stroke through it
- Խանութkhanut'shopa borrowing familiar to the whole region. The shopkeeper in it is khanutpan, where -pan means 'keeper'
- Շուկաshukamarketany market, from groceries to exchanges: ashkhatashuka — the job market. The Yerevan flea market is more often called by name — Vernisazh
- Վաճառասեղանvacharraseghancountervacharrel — to sell, seghan — table: literally 'a table for selling'
- 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
- Կշեռքksherrk'scales (weighing)from kshrrel — to weigh. In Armenian the word is singular, whatever your own language suggests
- Կիլոգրամkilogramkilogramat the market people almost always say the short kilo: mek kilo lolik
- Թարմt'armfreshstarts with the aspirated t' — a t on the exhale. The word of the market: t'arm hats, t'arm dzuk
- Հասածhasatsripefrom hasnel — to reach, to ripen. A ripe fruit is literally 'arrived'
- Գնապիտակgnapitakprice taggin — price, pitak — label. Two words stuck together into one
- Թանկt'ankexpensivet'ank is about price and about people: t'ank ənker — a dear friend
- Էժանezhancheapthe partner of t'ank. The initial e is a clean e with no y-glide, unlike ye
- Զեղչzeghchdiscountshop windows print zeghch; in speech you will often hear the borrowed skidka — both are understood
- Մնացորդmnatsordchange (money)from mnal — to stay: 'the remainder'. Coins in the pocket are called differently — manr
- Կտրոնktroncash-register receiptfrom ktrel — to cut: the receipt is 'cut off' the roll. People understand chek too
- Ինչքա՞ն է լինումinchk'an e linumhow much do I owe?literally 'how much does it come to'. This asks for the total at the till, while vork'an arzhe asks the price of one thing
- Սա թանկ էsa t'ank ethis is expensivesa — 'this' — about what is in your hands and near. About what is far away they say da
- Ավելի էժան չի՞ լինիaveli ezhan chi linican you go cheaper?literally 'will it not be cheaper?'. This is how one haggles at the market — with a soft question, not a demand
- Վերցնում եմvertsnum emI'll take itfrom verts'nel — to take. The present follows the usual scheme: stem + -um + em
- Պետք չէpetk' cheI don't need itthe literary form is petk' che, but lively speech almost always says petk' chi. Softer together with shnorhakalut'yun
- Մի հատ էլmi hat elone morehat — 'piece' — is the counting word. Yerevantsis slip it in almost everywhere: mi hat surch
- Մթերային խանութmt'erayin khanut'grocery storemt'erk' — produce; khanut is the shop, and the adjective only says which one
- Զամբյուղzambyughbasketthe basket at the supermarket and the woven one at the market — one word
- Հերթhert'queuehert' is both the line at the till and one's turn: im hert'n e — it is my turn
- Դրամարկղdramarkghcheckoutdram — money, ark'gh — box: literally 'money box'. In speech people more often say kassa
- Տոպրակtoprakbagat the till they ask: toprak petk' e? — 'do you need a bag?'
- Բացbatsopenbats is also 'light' about color: bats kapuy — light blue
- Փակp'akclosedp' is a p with a puff. The partner of bats; doors are printed with exactly these two words
- Ընտրելəntrelto choosethe same verb means 'to vote': əntrut'yunner — elections
- Չափսchap'ssizefrom chap' — measure. About clothes and shoes they say chap's; about size in general — chap'
- Ավելի մեծaveli metsbiggercomparison is assembled with aveli: mets — big, aveli mets — bigger. About quantity they say aveli shat
- Ավելի փոքրaveli p'ok'rsmallerthe same scheme: aveli + p'ok'r. About quantity — aveli k'ich
- Երաշխիքyerashkhik'warrantyThe warranty on appliances: mek tarva yerashkhik', one year; the warranty slip is yerashkhikayin t'ert'ik; the same root gives yerashkhavor, a guarantor
- Ապրանքի վերադարձaprank'i veradardzproduct returnAprank', goods, plus veradardz, a return, from the same verb that returns a debt; at the till they ask: aprankə veradarrnum ek'
- ԳովազդgovazdadvertisingGovel, to praise: advertising really is 'praising'; a job notice is haytararut'yun, not govazd — govazd always sells something
- Գովազդային տեսահոլովակgovazdayin tesaholovakcommerciala long word, stress on the last syllable: te-sa-ho-lo-VAK
- Ապրանքանիշaprank'anishbrandAprank', goods, plus nish, a mark: 'a goods mark'; this is the official word; about a clothing label people say brend
- ԼոգոտիպlogotiplogoAn international word, often shortened to logo; there is no own Armenian word, a rare case — usually the language builds a calque from roots
- Զեղչերի վաճառքzeghcheri vacharrk'saleZeghch, a discount, in the plural plus vacharrk', a selling; shop windows print it shorter: zeghcher, or minchev 50% zeghch
- Ձեռնտու առաջարկdzerrntu arrajarka good dealDzerrk', a hand, plus tal, to give: dzerrntu is literally 'giving into the hand', that is, profitable; arrajark is an offer in trade and at work alike, as in ashkhatank'i arrajark, a job offer
- Գները համեմատելgnerə hamematelto compare pricesHamematel, to compare; the noun from it is hamematut'yun, a comparison; to compare with something takes het: hamematel… het
- Փաթեթp'at'et'packtwo syllables, p' and t' both aspirated: p'a-T'ET'
- ԱպակիapakiglassGlassy is apake; window glass and a drinking glass are one word; patuhan is the window itself, and apakin kotrvets — the glass broke
- ՄետաղmetaghmetalIt ends in gh, a throaty g; metallic is metaghya; don't mix with metaks, silk — the words only look alike
- ՊլաստիկplastikplasticAn international word; plastik toprak, a plastic bag, plastik k'art, a plastic card; here no -e is added, the word stays as is
- Թուղթt'ught'paperone syllable, two aspirated t's around: T'UGHT'
- ԱմուրamursturdyAbout a thing and a person: amur brrnir, hold tight, amur ynkerut'yun, a firm friendship; a fortress as a building is amrots, from the same root
- Որակյալvorakyalhigh-qualityFrom vorak, quality; the initial o reads vo; don't mix with vorakavorum, qualification — there it is about a person, here about a thing
- Առևտրի կենտրոնarrevtri kentronshopping mallArrevtur, trade, in the "of what" form arrevtri, plus kentron, a center; in Yerevan people more often just say mol
- Ցուցափեղկtsutsap'eghkdisplay windowthree syllables, p' aspirated and k' at the end: tsu-tsa-p'EGHK'
- ԳանձապահgandzapahcashierGandz, a treasure, a hoard, plus pahel, to keep: 'a treasure-keeper'; dramarkgh is the till itself, at which he stands
- ԳնումgnumpurchaseFrom gnel, to buy; careful: the same letters read as a form of gnal, to go, and gnum em means both 'I am buying' and 'I am going' — only the phrase tells them apart
- Բոնուսային քարտbonusayin k'artloyalty cardThe -ayin tail makes an adjective from a noun: bonus gives bonusayin, as amis gives amsakan; points on it are gathered — miavorner havegel
- Նվերի փաթեթավորումnveri p'at'et'avorumgift wrappingNver, a present, and p'at'et'avorel, to wrap, from p'at'et', a pack; in a shop they ask: p'at'et'avorem nveri hamar — shall I wrap it as a gift?
- Խանութի սայլակkhanut'i saylakshopping cartKhanut', a shop, sayl, a cart, saylak, a little cart; the same word names a wheelchair — anvasaylak
- Ապրանքը փոխանակելaprank'ə p'okhanakelto exchange the itemAprank', goods, plus p'okhanakel, to exchange one thing for another; the same root as in p'okhel, to change, and the currency exchange
- Վերադարձ ձևակերպելveradardz dzevakerpelto process a returnVeradardz, a return, plus dzevakerpel, to put into form, from dzev, a form; the same verb processes an application and a contract — the office "to process" altogether
- ԽոտանվածkhotanvatsdefectiveFrom khotan, a flaw, a reject; in speech people describe it: terut'yun uni, it has a defect, ansarrk e, it is out of order
- Չափսը չեկավchap'sə chekavthe size didn't fitCh'ap's, a size, plus yekav, came: here the size 'did not come'; the negation sits in the verb as the ch- prefix, giving chekav
- Չեկը պահելchekə pahelto keep the receiptChek, plus pahel, to hold, to keep; the article -ə is required: the receipt is that very one, from this purchase
- Սա կեղծ էsa keghts eit is a fakeKeghts, counterfeit; the same root as in keghtsik, a forgery, and keghtsavor, a hypocrite; the genuine one is iskakan
- Ապրանքը առկա էaprank'ə arka ethe item is in stockArrka, present, on hand; in speech people say it simpler: ka — is there?; the answer arrka che means out of stock
- Այլ գույնով փոխելayl guynov p'okhelto change to another colorWhat you change to takes -ov: ayl guynov, mets ch'ap'sov; guyn is color; ayl is another, bookisher than the colloquial urish
- Ձեռքի ժամացույցdzerrk'i zhamatsuytswristwatchDzerrk', a hand, and zhamatsuyts, a clock: 'hand watch'; a wall clock is pati zhamatsuyts, an alarm clock zart'utsich
- Օծանելիքotsanelik'perfumefour syllables, stress on the last: o-tsa-ne-LIK'
- ԿոսմետիկաkosmetikacosmeticsAn international word; a makeup bag is kosmetikayi payusak, while shpar already means makeup — shparvel is to put on makeup
- Օգտագործվածogtagortsvatssecondhand (used)starts with the open օ: og-ta-gorts-VATS
- Սակարկելsakarkelto haggleFrom sak, a rate, a price; at the Vernissage market they say it simpler: zeghch arek', give a discount, or verjin ginə vorch'ap'es e
- Մեծածախmetsatsakhin bulkFrom մեծ (mets) 'big' and ծախ 'sale'. Retail is the mirror մանրածախ, from մանր (manr), fine
- Երաշխիքային ժամկետyerashkhik'ayin zhamketwarranty periodԵրաշխիք (yerashkhik') means a warranty; -ային turns the noun into a trait, as in շրջադարձային (shrjadardzayin)
- Պատվերովpatverovmade to orderThe 'by what' form of պատվեր (patver), an order: by the order. The English preposition for is not translated here
- Վերցնելverts'nelto takelong but frequent. The colloquial arrnel means both 'take' and 'buy'
- Տալtalto givethe recipient goes in the 'to whom' form: indz tur. As an auxiliary it makes another do it: grel tal — 'let write'
- Գնելgnelto buythe trap: gnel — 'buy', gnal — 'go'. One vowel apart, and the words are different
- Կիլոն ի՞նչ արժեkilon inch arzhehow much per kilo?arzhel means 'to cost'; the question carries the hook over the vowel, and the word order stays straight
- Զեղչ կա՞zeghch ka?is there a discount?zeghch means 'discount'; Armenian has no particle 'whether' — the hook over the last vowel does that job
- Ունե՞քunek'do you have...?from unem — to have; the polite 'you' gives unek', and the goods are put before the verb, not after
- Սա կվերցնեմsa kvertsnemI'll take thisthe k- prefix makes the future: verts'nem — to take it, k'verts'nem — I will take it
- Ինձ տոպրակ է պետքindz toprak e petk'I need a bagwith toprak, need is built as indz ... e petk' — the 'to whom' form plus petk' — and there is no verb 'to need'
- Դրամարկղը որտե՞ղ էdramarkghy vortegh ewhere is the checkout?with dramarkgh, vortegh stands after the word with its article -ə, not at the front of the phrase
- Այսքանըaysk'anəthat's allaysk'an — this much; the article -ə closes the count: we are taking nothing more
- Կանխի՞կ, թե՞ քարտովkankhik, t'e k'artovcash or card?with kankhik, in a question with a choice the hook is set twice — on the first word and on t'e
- Մանրը պետք չէmanry petk' cheno change neededmnatsord means 'change' — that is what the receipt says; handed to a taxi driver or seller it is manrə, small coins
- Գնումների ցանկgnumneri tsankshopping listassembled like anelikneri tsank'; gnum — purchase, in the plural gnumner
- Բացbatsopenedbats means 'open', the sign on the door: the feature and the adverb are one form. Bats is also a light color: bats kapuyt
- Փակp'akshutthe partner of bats; p'ak means 'closed', from the verb p'akel. P'akoghi — dead end — is literally a closed way
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
Որքա՞ն արժե (vork'an arzhe?) — how much is it. Arzhel — to cost. The question hook sits on vork'an — 'how much' — not at the end of the phrase.
Դրամ (dram) — dram. Related to the Greek drachma and older than the currency itself. Price tags shorten it to the sign with a stroke through it.
Խանութ (khanut') — shop. A borrowing familiar to the whole region. The shopkeeper in it is khanutpan, where -pan means 'keeper'.
Շուկա (shuka) — market. Any market, from groceries to exchanges: ashkhatashuka — the job market. The Yerevan flea market is more often called by name — Vernisazh.
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 Որքա՞ն արժե (vork'an arzhe?) — how much is it.
- What is this word?
It is Կշեռք (ksherrk') — scales (weighing).
- What is this word?
It is Զեղչ (zeghch) — discount.
- What is this word?
It is Պետք չէ (petk' che) — I don't need it.
- What is this word?
It is Բաց (bats) — open.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “how much is it” in Armenian?
arzhel — to cost. The question hook sits on vork'an — 'how much' — not at the end of the phrase
- How do you say “scales (weighing)” in Armenian?
from kshrrel — to weigh. In Armenian the word is singular, whatever your own language suggests
- How do you say “discount” in Armenian?
shop windows print zeghch; in speech you will often hear the borrowed skidka — both are understood
- How do you say “I don't need it” in Armenian?
the literary form is petk' che, but lively speech almost always says petk' chi. Softer together with shnorhakalut'yun
- How do you say “open” in Armenian?
bats is also 'light' about color: bats kapuy — light blue
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
How much it costs, whether there is a smaller one, whether cards are accepted. A shop forgives mistakes: miss a word and they will show you the thing with their hands anyway.
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 “how much is it” in Armenian?
«Որքա՞ն արժե» (vork'an arzhe), read “vork'an arzhe?” Arzhel — to cost. The question hook sits on vork'an — 'how much' — not at the end of the phrase. It is one of 89 words in the set “shopping and money” — the rest are in the table above.
How many shopping words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 89 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, 89 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.