Արեւային ակնոց
“Արեւային ակնոց” (arevayin agnots) — sunglasses in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. ակն is the old word for an eye; ակնոց is literally an 'eye-holder', glasses. In speech people often say սեւ ակնոց — black glasses. In a live sentence: “Արեւային ակնոց առանց չեմ դուրս գար” — Without sunglasses I don't go out. Written with the characters Ա, ր, ե, ւ, ա, յ, ի, ն, ա, կ, ն, ո. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Արեւային ակնոց |
| Read in Latin letters | arevayin agnots |
| Translation | sunglasses |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
ակն is the old word for an eye; ակնոց is literally an 'eye-holder', glasses. In speech people often say սեւ ակնոց — black glasses
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Արեւային ակնոց առանց չեմ դուրս գարarevayin agnots arrants chem turs karWithout sunglasses I don't go out
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- 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.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “sunglasses” in Western Armenian?
«Արեւային ակնոց», read “arevayin agnots”. In a live sentence: “Արեւային ակնոց առանց չեմ դուրս գար” — Without sunglasses I don't go out. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Ա, ր, ե, ւ, ա, յ, ի, ն, ա, կ, ն, ո.
How is “Արեւային ակնոց” written in Latin letters?
arevayin agnots. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
ակն is the old word for an eye; ակնոց is literally an 'eye-holder', glasses. In speech people often say սեւ ակնոց — black glasses. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.