Մեծերի հանդեպ հարգանք
“Մեծերի հանդեպ հարգանք” (medzeri hanteb harkank') — respect for elders in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. մեծ means both big and elder, so մեծերը is 'the elders'. հանդէպ is 'toward': it stands after the noun, and the noun before it is in the possessive. In a live sentence: “Մեծերի հանդեպ հարգանքը կը սովորեցնեն մանկուց” — Respect for elders is taught from childhood. Written with the characters Մ, ե, ծ, ե, ր, ի, հ, ա, ն, դ, ե, պ.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Մեծերի հանդեպ հարգանք |
| Read in Latin letters | medzeri hanteb harkank' |
| Translation | respect for elders |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
մեծ means both big and elder, so մեծերը is 'the elders'. հանդէպ is 'toward': it stands after the noun, and the noun before it is in the possessive
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.
- Մեծերի հանդեպ հարգանքը կը սովորեցնեն մանկուցmedzeri hanteb harkank'ə gə sovoretsnen mangutsRespect for elders is taught from childhood
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 “respect for elders” in Western Armenian?
«Մեծերի հանդեպ հարգանք», read “medzeri hanteb harkank'”. In a live sentence: “Մեծերի հանդեպ հարգանքը կը սովորեցնեն մանկուց” — Respect for elders is taught from childhood. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Մ, ե, ծ, ե, ր, ի, հ, ա, ն, դ, ե, պ.
How is “Մեծերի հանդեպ հարգանք” written in Latin letters?
medzeri hanteb harkank'. 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?
մեծ means both big and elder, so մեծերը is 'the elders'. հանդէպ is 'toward': it stands after the noun, and the noun before it is in the possessive. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.