Կանխիկ վճարում
“Կանխիկ վճարում” (gankhig vjarum) — cash payment in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. The familiar կանխիկ, cash, plus վճարում. Built as the twin of քարտով վճարում, payment by card — the checkout question from the market. In a live sentence: “Կանխիկ վճարում կ'ընդունի՞ք” — Do you accept cash payment? Written with the characters Կ, ա, ն, խ, ի, կ, վ, ճ, ա, ր, ո, ւ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Կանխիկ վճարում |
| Read in Latin letters | gankhig vjarum |
| Translation | cash payment |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The familiar կանխիկ, cash, plus վճարում. Built as the twin of քարտով վճարում, payment by card — the checkout question from the market
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.
- Կանխիկ վճարում կ'ընդունի՞քgankhig vjarum g'əntunik'Do you accept cash payment?
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 “cash payment” in Western Armenian?
«Կանխիկ վճարում», read “gankhig vjarum”. In a live sentence: “Կանխիկ վճարում կ'ընդունի՞ք” — Do you accept cash payment? Noun, level A2; written with the characters Կ, ա, ն, խ, ի, կ, վ, ճ, ա, ր, ո, ւ.
How is “Կանխիկ վճարում” written in Latin letters?
gankhig vjarum. 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?
The familiar կանխիկ, cash, plus վճարում. Built as the twin of քարտով վճարում, payment by card — the checkout question from the market. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.