Առաքման արժեք
“Առաքման արժեք” (arrak'man arzhek') — shipping cost in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. առաքել is to deliver, to send off; hence also առաքեալ, an apostle — 'the sent one'. The possessive of առաքում is irregular: առաքման. In a live sentence: “Առաքման արժեքը ներառված է գնի մէջ” — The shipping cost is included in the price. Written with the characters Ա, ռ, ա, ք, մ, ա, ն, ա, ր, ժ, ե, ք. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Առաքման արժեք |
| Read in Latin letters | arrak'man arzhek' |
| Translation | shipping cost |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
առաքել is to deliver, to send off; hence also առաքեալ, an apostle — 'the sent one'. The possessive of առաքում is irregular: առաքման
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.
- Առաքման արժեքը ներառված է գնի մէջarrak'man arzhek'ə nerarrvadz e kni mechThe shipping cost is included in the price
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 “shipping cost” in Western Armenian?
«Առաքման արժեք», read “arrak'man arzhek'”. In a live sentence: “Առաքման արժեքը ներառված է գնի մէջ” — The shipping cost is included in the price. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Ա, ռ, ա, ք, մ, ա, ն, ա, ր, ժ, ե, ք.
How is “Առաքման արժեք” written in Latin letters?
arrak'man arzhek'. 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?
առաքել is to deliver, to send off; hence also առաքեալ, an apostle — 'the sent one'. The possessive of առաքում is irregular: առաքման. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.