Իրադարձութիւն
“Իրադարձութիւն” (iratartsut'yun) — event in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. Seven syllables, stress on the last: i-ra-dar-dzu-T'YUN. In a live sentence: “Այս իրադարձութիւնը փոխեց ամեն ինչ” — This event changed everything. Written with the characters Ի, ր, ա, դ, ա, ր, ձ, ո, ւ, թ, ի, ւ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Իրադարձութիւն |
| Read in Latin letters | iratartsut'yun |
| Translation | event |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
Seven syllables, stress on the last: i-ra-dar-dzu-T'YUN
Why it looks that way
A big event in the world or in a life: տարուայ իրադարձութիւնը, the event of the year. A small incident does not carry this weight — that is դէպք, and an event you are invited to is միջոցառում
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.
- Այս իրադարձութիւնը փոխեց ամեն ինչays iratartsut'yunə p'okhets amen inchThis event changed everything
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 “event” in Western Armenian?
«Իրադարձութիւն», read “iratartsut'yun”. Seven syllables, stress on the last: i-ra-dar-dzu-T'YUN. In a live sentence: “Այս իրադարձութիւնը փոխեց ամեն ինչ” — This event changed everything. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Ի, ր, ա, դ, ա, ր, ձ, ո, ւ, թ, ի, ւ.
How is “Իրադարձութիւն” written in Latin letters?
iratartsut'yun. 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?
A big event in the world or in a life: տարուայ իրադարձութիւնը, the event of the year. A small incident does not carry this weight — that is դէպք, and an event you are invited to is միջոցառում. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.