Հարգել ուրիշի հաւատը
“Հարգել ուրիշի հաւատը” (harkel urishi havadə) — to respect other faiths in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. ուրիշ means both 'other' and 'someone else's'; ուրիշի is its possessive. The word with a whiff of the foreign and alien is օտար. In a live sentence: “Կարեւոր է հարգել ուրիշի հաւատը” — It is important to respect other faiths. Written with the characters Հ, ա, ր, գ, ե, լ, ո, ւ, ր, ի, շ, ի. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Հարգել ուրիշի հաւատը |
| Read in Latin letters | harkel urishi havadə |
| Translation | to respect other faiths |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
ուրիշ means both 'other' and 'someone else's'; ուրիշի is its possessive. The word with a whiff of the foreign and alien is օտար
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.
- Կարեւոր է հարգել ուրիշի հաւատըgarevor e harkel urishi havadəIt is important to respect other faiths
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 “to respect other faiths” in Western Armenian?
«Հարգել ուրիշի հաւատը», read “harkel urishi havadə”. In a live sentence: “Կարեւոր է հարգել ուրիշի հաւատը” — It is important to respect other faiths. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Հ, ա, ր, գ, ե, լ, ո, ւ, ր, ի, շ, ի.
How is “Հարգել ուրիշի հաւատը” written in Latin letters?
harkel urishi havadə. 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?
ուրիշ means both 'other' and 'someone else's'; ուրիշի is its possessive. The word with a whiff of the foreign and alien is օտար. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.