LingoflyTransport in Armenian
15 words in Armenian on the topic “transport”: Կայարան (kayaran) — station, Մետրո (metro) — metro, Ավտոբուս (avtobus) — bus, Տաքսի (tak'si) — taxi. 15 words can be played from recordings.
15 words on the topic
- Կայարանkayaranstationthe same word names the metro station and the railway station: Yerkat'ghi kayaran, metroyi kayaran
- Մետրոmetrometroa station is metroyi kayaran. The word declines the Armenian way: metroyov — by metro, metroyits — from the metro
- Ավտոբուսavtobusbusstress on the last syllable: av-to-BUS. The shared minibus taxi is called something else — marshrutka
- Տաքսիtak'sitaxiwritten with k' — a k with a puff — hence takh-si. With plain k it would be a different word
- Վարորդvarorddriverfrom varel — to drive. The same root in herravar — remote, 'driven from afar'
- Կանգառkangarrstop (any transport)avtobusi kangarr is the whole phrase; bare kangarr is any stop, from kangnel — to stand
- Ուղևորughevorpassengerughevoratoms means 'a passenger ticket'; the root is ughi — way
- Նստատեղnstateghseatnstel — to sit — plus tegh — place; nstaran is 'a park bench'
- Բռնաձողbrrnadzoghhandrailbrrnel — to hold — plus dzogh — a pole; the rr is rolled
- Վերահսկիչverahskichticket inspectorfrom verahskel — to supervise; the -ich tail turns the action into the one who does it
- Ուղեվարձughevardzfareughi — way — plus vardz — payment; bnakavardz, the rent, is assembled the same way
- Լեփ-լեցունlep'-letsunpackeda paired word from ltsnel — to fill: literally 'full to full'; a crowded place is mardashat
- Ազատ տեղazat teghfree seatazat means 'free' about a person; about a seat it is the same word unchanged
- Տոմսերի ավտոմատtomseri avtomatticket machineavtomat is a borrowing — there is no native word; tomser in the 'of what' form gives tomseri
- Ուշացումushatsumdelayfrom ushanal — to be late; about a person and about a flight the word is one
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
Կայարան (kayaran) — station. The same word names the metro station and the railway station: Yerkat'ghi kayaran, metroyi kayaran.
Մետրո (metro) — metro. A station is metroyi kayaran. The word declines the Armenian way: metroyov — by metro, metroyits — from the metro.
Ավտոբուս (avtobus) — bus. Stress on the last syllable: av-to-BUS. The shared minibus taxi is called something else — marshrutka.
Տաքսի (tak'si) — taxi. Written with k' — a k with a puff — hence takh-si. With plain k it would be a different word.
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 Կայարան (kayaran) — station.
- What is this word?
It is Նստատեղ (nstategh) — seat.
- What is this word?
It is Ուշացում (ushatsum) — delay.
- What is this word?
It is Ուղևոր (ughevor) — passenger.
- What is this word?
It is Տոմսերի ավտոմատ (tomseri avtomat) — ticket machine.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “station” in Armenian?
the same word names the metro station and the railway station: Yerkat'ghi kayaran, metroyi kayaran
- How do you say “seat” in Armenian?
nstel — to sit — plus tegh — place; nstaran is 'a park bench'
- How do you say “delay” in Armenian?
from ushanal — to be late; about a person and about a flight the word is one
- How do you say “passenger” in Armenian?
ughevoratoms means 'a passenger ticket'; the root is ughi — way
- How do you say “ticket machine” in Armenian?
avtomat is a borrowing — there is no native word; tomser in the 'of what' form gives tomseri
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Bus, metro, taxi, stop, station. These are words you need to recognize in writing — off a departure board and off a sign.
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 “station” in Armenian?
«Կայարան» (kayaran), read “kayaran”. The same word names the metro station and the railway station: Yerkat'ghi kayaran, metroyi kayaran. It is one of 15 words in the set “transport” — the rest are in the table above.
How many transport words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 15 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, 15 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.