Բանկային հաշիւ
“Բանկային հաշիւ” (pangayin hashyu) — bank account in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. հաշիվ is the bill at the café, the account at the bank and the score in a game — one word keeps all three. In a live sentence: “Բանկային հաշիւ բանած եմ դրամով” — I have opened a bank account in drams. Written with the characters Բ, ա, ն, կ, ա, յ, ի, ն, հ, ա, շ, ի. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Բանկային հաշիւ |
| Read in Latin letters | pangayin hashyu |
| Translation | bank account |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
հաշիվ is the bill at the café, the account at the bank and the score in a game — one word keeps all three
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.
- Բանկային հաշիւ բանած եմ դրամովpangayin hashyu panadz em tramovI have opened a bank account in drams
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 “bank account” in Western Armenian?
«Բանկային հաշիւ», read “pangayin hashyu”. In a live sentence: “Բանկային հաշիւ բանած եմ դրամով” — I have opened a bank account in drams. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Բ, ա, ն, կ, ա, յ, ի, ն, հ, ա, շ, ի.
How is “Բանկային հաշիւ” written in Latin letters?
pangayin hashyu. 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?
հաշիվ is the bill at the café, the account at the bank and the score in a game — one word keeps all three. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.