Առցանց խանութ
“Առցանց խանութ” (arrtsants khanut') — online store in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. առ- means 'at' and ցանց is a net: literally 'at the net', that is, online. The same առցանց stands in առցանց դասընթաց, an online course. In a live sentence: “Կոշիկը գնեցի առցանց խանութից” — I bought the shoes from the online store. Written with the characters Ա, ռ, ց, ա, ն, ց, խ, ա, ն, ո, ւ, թ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Առցանց խանութ |
| Read in Latin letters | arrtsants khanut' |
| Translation | online store |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
առ- means 'at' and ցանց is a net: literally 'at the net', that is, online. The same առցանց stands in առցանց դասընթաց, an online course
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.
- Կոշիկը գնեցի առցանց խանութիցgoshigə knetsi arrtsants khanut'itsI bought the shoes from the online store
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 “online store” in Western Armenian?
«Առցանց խանութ», read “arrtsants khanut'”. In a live sentence: “Կոշիկը գնեցի առցանց խանութից” — I bought the shoes from the online store. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Ա, ռ, ց, ա, ն, ց, խ, ա, ն, ո, ւ, թ.
How is “Առցանց խանութ” written in Latin letters?
arrtsants khanut'. 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?
առ- means 'at' and ցանց is a net: literally 'at the net', that is, online. The same առցանց stands in առցանց դասընթաց, an online course. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.