LingoflyTime, days and hours in Armenian
137 words in Armenian on the topic “time, days and hours”: Օր (or) — day, Այսօր (aysor) — today, Վաղը (vaghə) — tomorrow, Երեկ (yerek) — yesterday. 137 words can be played from recordings.
137 words on the topic
- Օրordaywritten with O; with plain o it would come out 'vor'. Hence aysor — today, oragir — diary, kesor — noon
- Այսօրaysortodayays + or — 'this day' — fused into one word. But ays shabat' and ays tari are written apart
- Վաղըvaghətomorrowthe dictionary form carries the article -ə. Without it vagh means 'early': vagh arravotyan — early in the morning
- Երեկyerekyesterdayone letter apart from yerek' — three; its kin is yereko — evening: 'yesterday' is literally 'what belongs to the evening'
- Առավոտarravotmorningdouble rr — rolled. 'In the morning' is arravotyan, a form of its own, not a preposition
- Երեկոyerekoeveningone root with yerek — yesterday. 'In the evening' is yerekoyan, the same -yan ending as the morning's
- Գիշերgishernighthence kesgisher — midnight — and gisherel — to spend the night. 'At night' is gisherə, the article instead of a preposition
- Ժամzhamhourzh sounds like the s in 'measure'. It is both the hour as a span and the time on the clock: zhamə k'anisn e. The clock itself is zhamats'uyts'
- 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
- Ժամը քանիսի՞նzhamə k'anisinat what time?literally 'the hour at which': zham is the hour, k'ani is 'how many'
- Ուշանում եմushanum emI am running lateush — late. In messaging this phrase is sent more often than any other
- Արդեն ուշ էarden ush eit's already latearden — already. The same ush root as in ushanum em
- Նախաճաշnakhachashbreakfastnakh — first, chash — food: 'the food before food'. To have breakfast is one word, nakhachashel
- Ճաշchashlunchthe first letter is a sharp, popped ch — harder than in church, softer than j
- Ընթրիքənt'rik'dinnerthe initial schwa is barely audible: it comes out ntr-EEK, with a puff of air at both ends
- Սկզբումskzbumat firstthree consonants in a row at the start: skz-BUM
- ՀետոhetothenIt opens the clause, no comma; a second use is 'after', and then the word stands AFTER its noun — dastits heto, after the lesson, mek zham heto, in an hour; the preposition goes in front, the Armenian goes behind
- Դրանից հետոdranits hetoafter thatThe same heto, but with dranits before it, from that, the from-where form; the order is rigid — first dranits, then heto, never the other way; it opens the sentence and needs no comma
- ՎերջապեսverjapesfinallyFrom verj, the end; it stands before the verb and carries relief: Verjapes hasank — we finally arrived; the neutral finally in a list is verjum or i verjo, while verjapes always comes with feeling
- ՄինչդեռminchderrwhereasOne word; it opens the second clause after the comma and always contrasts: Yes ashkhatum ei, minchderr na knum er; pure simultaneity without contrast goes through yerb or miazhamanak
- ՄիաժամանակmiazhamanaksimultaneouslyMi, one, plus zhamanak, time: 'at one time'; it stands before the verb: miazhamanak yerku gorts em anum; as a parenthetical at the start of a sentence it already means 'at the same time' — and then a comma follows
- Նախքանnakhk'anbeforeOne word, set BEFORE the subordinate clause, and the verb after it drops the k-: Nakhk'an gnas, zangir; with a noun it works the same: nakhk'an untrikə; the colloquial version of the same thought is minchew
- Այն բանից հետո, երբayn banits heto, yerbafter (conjunction)A broken-up turn: ayn banits heto stands before the comma, yerb right after it, and the subordinate clause follows; its verb takes no k-; in speech it is almost always cut down to a single yerb
- Հենց որhents voras soon asHents, precisely, plus vor, that; it opens the subordinate clause, the verb after it drops the k-, but in the main clause the k- is required: Hents vor hasnem, kzangem; exactly the same distribution as after yete
- Այդ ժամանակից ի վերayd zhamanakits i versince thenI ver, 'upward, starting from', is set AFTER the word in the from-case: mankutsits i ver, since childhood; it stands at the start of the sentence and needs no comma; the short colloquial version is ayd orvanits
- ՄիշտmishtalwaysIt stands before the verb: misht ushanum e; with the linker e the place is the same: misht lavn e; 'as always' is inchpes misht, and 'forever' is undmisht, one word with a prefix
- ՀաճախhachakhoftenBefore the verb; from it also hachachel, to attend regularly; the stronger form is shat hachakh or hachakhi, very often
- ՀազվադեպhazvadeprarelyHaziv, barely, plus depk', a case: 'in a rare case'; it stands before the verb; the adjective hazvagyut is rare about a thing, not about frequency
- ԵրբեմնyerbemnsometimesFrom yerb, when; its placement is freer than the rest: at the start of the sentence and before the verb alike; the colloquial synonym is mek-mek, literally 'once, once'
- Երբեքyerbek'neverThe verb with it MUST carry the negation ch-: Yerbek chem yeghel — I have never been; yerbek em yeghel is impossible; the double negative is obligatory here
- ՍովորաբարsovorabarusuallyFrom sovor, accustomed — the same root as sovorel, to learn, that is, to get accustomed; it opens the sentence or stands before the verb, no comma
- Երկարyerkarfor a long timeThe same word means 'long': Armenian does not split length and duration; as an adverb it stands before the verb — yerkar spasetsi; as an adjective before the noun — yerkar chanaparh; the place decides the sense
- Ամեն անգամamen angamevery timeAngam, a time, an occasion; it opens the sentence; with a subordinate clause it demands yerb: Amen angam, yerb galis es, andzrev e; careful: lone angam already means 'even' — angam yes chgiteyi, even I didn't know
- Ժամանակ առ ժամանակzhamanak arr zhamanakfrom time to timeThe word repeats twice around the preposition arr, "at"; the same build as kayl arr kayl, step by step, and or arr or, day by day; it opens the sentence or stands before the verb
- Մինչ այժմminch ayzhmto this dayMinch, until, plus ayzhm, now; two words, at the start of the sentence; it most often goes with a negation: Minch ayzhm pataskhan chka; the colloquial version is minchew hima, and it wins in speech
- ՀանկարծhankartssuddenlyIt stands before the verb: hankarts luysə hangav; a second use is a warning: Hankarts chmorranas, mind you don't forget — there hankarts goes first and the verb must carry ch-
- Նախապեսnakhapesin advanceFrom nakh, first; it stands before the verb: nakhapes zangir; in speech people more often take arrajuits, beforehand; nakhapes sounds more official and lives in letters and notices
- Ժամանակինzhamanakinon timeFrom zhamanak, time, in the 'to whom' form. The word has two senses: 'on time' — zhamanakin yekav, and 'once, in its day' — zhamanakin aystegh dprots kar. The rest of the sentence tells you which, not the word's position
- ՇտապshtapurgentlyThe same root as in shtapognut'yun, the ambulance; before the verb: shtap ara; there is also the verb shtapel, to hurry, and the plea mi shtapir, don't rush
- Անմիջապեսanmijapesright awayAn- plus mijots, a span: 'with no span'; before the verb; it means 'immediately'; 'right away' in the sense of 'from the very start' is skzbits, and the two are not interchangeable
- Աստիճանաբարastichanabargraduallyfive syllables, stress on the last: as-ti-cha-na-BAR
- Վերջին պահինverjin pahinat the last momentPah, a moment, in the 'to whom' form pahin; it stands before the verb or at the end of the sentence: Verjin pahin chegharkets and Chegharkets verjin pahin — both orders are alive
- Վաղ թե ուշvagh t'e ushsooner or laterT'e here is not 'that' but 'or' between two words; it opens the sentence, takes no comma, and the verb after it usually carries k-: Vagh t'e ush kimana; careful: vagh is early, while vaghə with the article is already tomorrow
- Մի անգամmi angamonceLiterally 'one time'; stories begin with these words; fairy tales, though, begin differently: Linum e, chi linum
- Մանկության տարիներինmankut'yan tarinerinin childhoodLiterally 'in the years of childhood': mankut'yan, the 'of what' form of mankut'yun, and tarinerin, the years with the 'to whom' form -in, which for time means 'in'; shorter is mankuts, since childhood
- Այն ժամանակներումayn zhamanaknerumin those timesAyn is the farthest of the three demonstratives — ays this, ayd that by you, ayn that over there; zhamanaknerum, in the times, with the "where" form -um
- Դա վաղուց էրda vaghuts erit was long agoVaghuts, long ago, from vagh, early; don't mix with vaghə, tomorrow: one letter, and the difference is a whole life
- Առաջին անգամarrajin angamthe first timeAngam, a time, an occasion; the same word means 'even': angam es, even I; only the place in the phrase tells them apart; the last time is verjin angam
- Ապագաapagathe futureBoth a noun and an adjective: apaga, the future, and apaga shabat, next week; the future tense of the verb is also aparrni
- Անցյալantsyalthe pastFrom antsnel, to pass: what has passed; it is an adjective too: antsyal shabat, last week; the present is nerrka
- Մոտակա ծրագրերmotaka tsragrernear-term plansMot, near, motaka, the nearest; tsragir, a plan, a program, tsragrer in the plural with the i dropped; weekend plans are hangstyan oreri tsragrerə
- Մեկ տարի հետոmek tari hetoin a yearHeto, after, and it stands after the span, not before: mek tari heto, literally 'a year later'; a year ago is mek tari arraj, by the same scheme
- Մշտապեսmshtapesconstantlythree syllables, a consonant cluster at the start: mshta-PES
- Ժամանակավորապեսzhamanakavorapestemporarilyseven syllables, stress on the last: zha-ma-na-ka-vo-ra-PES
- Հարմար ժամharmar zhama convenient timeHarmar, convenient: about a time, an armchair and shoes alike; zham is an hour and the time of a meeting, zhamanak time in general
- Ժամ նշանակելzham nshanakelto set the timeFrom nshan, a mark: nshanakel, to mark out, to appoint; the same word means 'to mean' — inch e nshanakum, what does it mean
- Օրվա երկրորդ կեսինorva yerkrord kesinin the afternoonOrva, the 'of what' form of or, a day, plus kes, half, with the 'to whom' form -in: 'in the half'; simpler and livelier is kesorris heto, after midday
- Երեկոյան մոտyerekoyan mottoward eveningYereko, an evening, yerekoyan, in the evening; mot, near, about; the order is inverted: first the evening, then the "about"
- Ցանկացած ժամիtsankatsats zhamiat any timeFrom ts'ankanal, to wish: ts'ankatsats, whatever one wishes, that is, any; zhami is the 'of what' form, which for time works as 'at'
- Ոչ շուտ, քան հինգըvoch shut, k'an hingənot before fiveK'an, than — the word of comparison, as in better than yesterday; here it also holds the time boundary; more colloquially: hingits shut chem karogh
- Ժամանակին կլինեմzhamanakin klinemI will be on timeZhamanakin, on time — zhamanak with the "to whom" form -in; klinem, I will be, with the future k- prefix; to be late is ushanal
- Մինչև որminchev voruntilThe English not is superfluous here: սպասիր (spasir), մինչև որ (minchev vor) գամ means wait until I come. Inserting չ- is the classic mistake
- ԴարdarcenturyA century as a hundred years: քսաներորդ դար (dar). A century as an era is the same word. Հարյուրամյակ (haryuramyak) also names a centenary date; the span of a hundred years is always դար (dar)
- ԴարաշրջանdarashrjaneraFrom դար (dar) 'century' and շրջան 'period': a round of centuries. A bookish word; in speech people say ժամանակներ more often
- ՏասնամյակtasnamyakdecadeFrom տաս (tas) 'ten', ամ 'year' and -յակ, a band of so many. The same recipe in հնգամյակ, a five-year span, and հարյուրամյակ (haryuramyak), a centenary
- ԺամանակահատվածzhamanakahatvatsperiodSix syllables: zha-ma-na-ka-hat-vats, with the linking -ա- sewing ժամանակ (zhamanak) and հատված (hatvats) together
- Ակնթարթaknt'art'instantFrom ակն 'eye' and թարթել 'to blink': the blink of an eye. The adverb ակնթարթորեն means instantly
- ԵրկարատևyerkaratevlengthyFrom երկար (yerkar) 'long' and տևել 'to last'. The noun տևողություն means duration
- Օրերսorersany day nowFrom օրեր, days, with the possessive -ս: literally 'my days'. It fits the near future and the recent past alike
- Հին ժամանակներիցhin zhamanakneritssince time immemorialLiterally 'from the old times'. The bookish variant վաղնջական ժամանակներից (zhamanaknerits) sounds positively archaic
- Մի քանի րոպեումmi k'ani ropeumin a matter of minutesThe 'where' form answers 'in how long': մեկ (mek) ժամում (zhamum), within an hour, մի քանի րոպեում (mi k'ani ropeum), within minutes
- ԺամանակակիցzhamanakakitscontemporaryFrom ժամանակ (zhamanak) 'time' plus -ակից, co-: of the same time. The word serves for a person and for a trait alike
- Անցած օրերըantsats orerədays gone byLiterally 'the days that passed'. Armenian keeps no noun like the bygone; անցյալ (antsyal) means the past
- Առաջին անգամarrajin angamfor the first timeThe same առաջին անգամ (arrajin angam) means the first time; 'for the first time' is usually said the same way
- ՎերստինverstinanewA bookish adverb from the same prefix վեր- as in վերսկսել (verskel). In speech people say նորից (norits), but that one is broader: again
- Ավելի ու ավելի հաճախaveli u aveli hachakhmore and more oftenThe doubling of ավելի (aveli) through ու (u) builds the growth: ավելի (aveli) ու (u) ավելի (aveli) քիչ (k'ich), less and less
- Աշխատանքային օրերինashkhatank'ayin orerinon weekdaysLiterally 'on the working days'. The plural 'to whom' form answers when: ուրբաթներին, on Fridays
- Մեկընդմեջmekəndmejevery other timeՄեկ (mek), one, plus ընդ (ənd) մեջ (mej), between. Written as one word and meaning every other one: about turns and about rows
- Տարին մեկtarin mekonce a yearThe order is the reverse of English: first the span in the 'to whom' form, then the number. Ամիսը (amisə) երկու (yerku) means twice a month
- Մերթ ընդ մերթmert' ənd mert'every now and thenA bookish phrase: now and then, from time to time. Մշտապես (mshtapes) means constantly — that one is about continuity, not about repeats
- Այդ ընթացքումayd ənt'atsk'ummeanwhileLiterally 'in that course'. Ընթացք is a course, a run; the same word as in մտքի ընթացք (mtk'i ənt'atsk'), a train of thought
- Մինչ այդminch ayduntil thenՄինչ (minch) without և is the bookish form of until. Մինչև (minchev) այդ (ayd) is also correct and sounds more colloquial
- Հետագայումhetagayumlater onFrom հետագա, subsequent, in the 'where' form. The same adjective հետագա also means the future
- Այս անգամays angamthis timeThe partner of այն (ayn) անգամ (angam), that time, and մյուս (myus) անգամ (angam), next time. English needs no preposition here
- Հետին թվովhetin t'vovretroactivelyFrom հետին (hetin) 'back' and թիվ (t'iv) 'number, date'. A bookkeeping phrase and almost always with a shade of violation
- Փետրվարp'etrvarFebruarythe second month, right after January. P' is a p with a puff of air, as in p'ak. 'In February' is p'etrvarin: months take the -in ending for the case
- ՄարտmartMarchthe same word means 'battle': marti dasht is a battlefield. The month is told by the number beside it: marti ut'ə
- ԱպրիլaprilAprilit resembles the verb aprel — to live, but there is no kinship: the month came from Latin
- ՄայիսmayisMaytwo syllables with the stress on the last: may-IS. Do not mix with mayisyan — 'of May'
- ՀունիսhunisJunehunis and hulis differ by one letter, n against l. To avoid confusion on the phone, Armenians add amsin: hunis amsin
- ՕգոստոսogostosAugustthe eighth month, right after July. It begins with O — an open o; through plain o it would start 'vo-' and the word would be unrecognizable
- ՍեպտեմբերseptemberSeptemberthe last four months all end the same way, -ember, and differ only at the front: sept-, hokt-, noy-, dekt-
- ՀոկտեմբերhoktemberOctoberhokt- + -ember. The b here never softens, whatever your own language might do
- ՆոյեմբերnoyemberNovemberthe shortest of the -ember four: noy- and that is all. Written with y, which here sounds like English y
- ԴեկտեմբերdektemberDecemberD is a plain d with no puff. Dektemberi yeresunamekin — December thirty-first
- Տարիtariyearthe same root as in taredarts — anniversary — and Nor Tari — New Year
- Օրուգիշերorugisherday and nightor + u + gisher — 'day and night'. The linking u glues pairs elsewhere too: hatsujur — bread and water
- Հարյուրամյակharyuramyakcentennialharyur — hundred, am — the bookish year, -yak — jubilee. Dar is a century as a span of history; haryuramyak is the hundredth-anniversary date
- Րոպեropeminutestarts with the rare R — the soft r without a roll. Only a handful of Armenian words begin with it
- Վայրկյանvayrkyana secondin speech mi vayrkyan means not a measure of time but 'hang on', like 'just a sec'
- Կես ժամkes zhamhalf an hourkes — half, zham — hour; the two are simply written apart
- Կեսօրkesornoonkes + or, but now one word. Kesorous heto — 'after noon'; this is how Armenian says 'in the afternoon'
- Կեսգիշերkesgishermidnightassembled like kesor: kes + gisher. The noon-midnight pair is plain to see in Armenian
- Հիմաhimanowabout this very moment. Hents hima — 'right now'; hima che — 'not now'
- Ժամկետzhamkettime limitzham — hour, ket — point: 'a point in time'. Hence pitaneliut'yan zhamket — expiration date
- Հաջորդhajordnextqueues call it out: hajordə — 'next!'. Hajord shabat — 'next week', with no preposition
- Անցյալantsyalpastfrom ants'nel — to pass by. The same word doubles as the noun 'the past'
- Ուշանալushanalto be latefrom ush — late. What you are late for goes in the 'to whom' form: ashkhatank'in ushanal
- Հասնելhasnelto make itto make it in time, to reach, to get there. What you catch goes in the 'to whom' form
- Կրկինkrkinagainfrom krknel — to repeat. The colloquial norits comes from nor — new
- Շուտովshutovsoonfrom shut — early, fast — with the instrumental tail. The trap: shut itself also means 'early'
- Վաղուցvaghuts'long agothe trap: it resembles vaghə — tomorrow — but looks into the past. The tail makes the difference
- Վերջերսverjersrecentlyfrom verj — end: literally 'lately, in the last stretch'
- Ուշushlatethe verb ushanal — to be late — comes from it. Its partner is shut
- Շուտshutearlyboth 'early' and 'fast' — one word for two senses. Context tells them apart
- Արագaragquicklyadverb and adjective in one form. Aveli arag — 'faster'
- Հենց նորhents' norjust nowliterally 'just new'. Hents boosts and means 'exactly, right'
- Առավոտյանarravotyanin the morningthe -yan tail carries all the meaning of 'in': there is no preposition here at all
- Ցերեկըtserekyin the daytimets'erek is the light part of the day, not or; the article -ə is obligatory
- Երեկոյանyerekoyanin the eveningthe same -yan tail as in arravotyan; yereko means evening
- Գիշերըgisherəat nighthere it is not -yan but the article -ə: gisherayin already means 'nocturnal'
- Ամեն օրamen orevery dayafter amen the noun stands without article and without plural
- Ամբողջ օրըamboghj orəall dayhere the article -ə is required: amboghj or without it sounds unfinished
- Պահpahmomentin time phrases it goes into the 'to whom' form: ayd pahin — 'at that moment'
- Ժամացույցzhamatsuytsclockzham — hour, plus ts'uyts' — show: the word is two roots snapped together
- Ժամը քանիսն էzhamy k'anisn ewhat time is itliterally 'the hour is which'; k'anisn is k'ani with the article glued on
- Երբևէyerbeveeverassembled like voreve: yerb — when, plus -eve. It asks about past experience; about the future people say mi or — 'one day'
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Օր (or) — day. Written with O; with plain o it would come out 'vor'. Hence aysor — today, oragir — diary, kesor — noon.
Այսօր (aysor) — today. Ays + or — 'this day' — fused into one word. But ays shabat' and ays tari are written apart.
Վաղը (vaghə) — tomorrow. The dictionary form carries the article -ə. Without it vagh means 'early': vagh arravotyan — early in the morning.
Երեկ (yerek) — yesterday. One letter apart from yerek' — three; its kin is yereko — evening: 'yesterday' is literally 'what belongs to the evening'.
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- How do you say “day” in Armenian?
written with O; with plain o it would come out 'vor'. Hence aysor — today, oragir — diary, kesor — noon
- How do you say “hour” in Armenian?
zh sounds like the s in 'measure'. It is both the hour as a span and the time on the clock: zhamə k'anisn e. The clock itself is zhamats'uyts'
- How do you say “dinner” in Armenian?
the evening meal: əntrik patrastel — to cook dinner
- How do you say “before” in Armenian?
One word, set BEFORE the subordinate clause, and the verb after it drops the k-: Nakhk'an gnas, zangir; with a noun it works the same: nakhk'an untrikə; the colloquial version of the same thought is minchew
- How do you say “sometimes” in Armenian?
From yerb, when; its placement is freer than the rest: at the start of the sentence and before the verb alike; the colloquial synonym is mek-mek, literally 'once, once'
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Today, tomorrow, in the morning, at six. You cannot arrange to meet without these — let alone understand the answer.
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 “day” in Armenian?
«Օր» (or), read “or”. Written with O; with plain o it would come out 'vor'. Hence aysor — today, oragir — diary, kesor — noon. It is one of 137 words in the set “time, days and hours” — the rest are in the table above.
How many time words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 137 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, 137 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.