Սպասարկման պատուհան
“Սպասարկման պատուհան” (sbasargman baduhan) — service window in Western Armenian. Noun, level A1. Պատուհան is the window in the wall; for the clerk's window they add սպասարկման, of service. So the teller works at a 'service window'. In a live sentence: “Երրորդ սպասարկման պատուհանը բաց է” — Service window three is open. Written with the characters Ս, պ, ա, ս, ա, ր, կ, մ, ա, ն, պ, ա. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Սպասարկման պատուհան |
| Read in Latin letters | sbasargman baduhan |
| Translation | service window |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Պատուհան is the window in the wall; for the clerk's window they add սպասարկման, of service. So the teller works at a 'service window'
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.
- Երրորդ սպասարկման պատուհանը բաց էyerrort sbasargman baduhanə pats eService window three is open
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 “service window” in Western Armenian?
«Սպասարկման պատուհան», read “sbasargman baduhan”. In a live sentence: “Երրորդ սպասարկման պատուհանը բաց է” — Service window three is open. Noun, level A1; written with the characters Ս, պ, ա, ս, ա, ր, կ, մ, ա, ն, պ, ա.
How is “Սպասարկման պատուհան” written in Latin letters?
sbasargman baduhan. 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?
Պատուհան is the window in the wall; for the clerk's window they add սպասարկման, of service. So the teller works at a 'service window'. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.