Դրոշմ անձնագրի մէջ
“Դրոշմ անձնագրի մէջ” (troshm antsnakri mech) — passport stamp in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. Literally 'a stamp in the passport': դրոշմ is an imprint, a stamp-mark. The round seal of an organization keeps its own word, կնիք, from the papers unit. In a live sentence: “Դրոշմ անձնագրի մէջ դրեցին մուտքի ժամանակ” — They put a stamp in the passport upon entry. Written with the characters Դ, ր, ո, շ, մ, ա, ն, ձ, ն, ա, գ, ր.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Դրոշմ անձնագրի մէջ |
| Read in Latin letters | troshm antsnakri mech |
| Translation | passport stamp |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'a stamp in the passport': դրոշմ is an imprint, a stamp-mark. The round seal of an organization keeps its own word, կնիք, from the papers unit
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.
- Դրոշմ անձնագրի մէջ դրեցին մուտքի ժամանակtroshm antsnakri mech tretsin mudk'i zhamanagThey put a stamp in the passport upon entry
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 “passport stamp” in Western Armenian?
«Դրոշմ անձնագրի մէջ», read “troshm antsnakri mech”. In a live sentence: “Դրոշմ անձնագրի մէջ դրեցին մուտքի ժամանակ” — They put a stamp in the passport upon entry. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Դ, ր, ո, շ, մ, ա, ն, ձ, ն, ա, գ, ր.
How is “Դրոշմ անձնագրի մէջ” written in Latin letters?
troshm antsnakri mech. 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?
Literally 'a stamp in the passport': դրոշմ is an imprint, a stamp-mark. The round seal of an organization keeps its own word, կնիք, from the papers unit. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.