Տաք
“Տաք” (dak') — hot (to the touch) in Western Armenian. Adjective, level A1. About an object that burns the finger. About the weather it is շոգ, and տաք covers warm as well — one word, two temperatures. In a live sentence: “Կաթսան շատ տաք է, մի դիպչիր” — The pot is very hot, do not touch. Written with the characters Տ, ա, ք. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Տաք |
| Read in Latin letters | dak' |
| Translation | hot (to the touch) |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
About an object that burns the finger. About the weather it is շոգ, and տաք covers warm as well — one word, two temperatures
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.
- Կաթսան շատ տաք է, մի դիպչիրgat'san shad dak' e, mi tibchirThe pot is very hot, do not touch
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 “hot (to the touch)” in Western Armenian?
«Տաք», read “dak'”. In a live sentence: “Կաթսան շատ տաք է, մի դիպչիր” — The pot is very hot, do not touch. Adjective, level A1; written with the characters Տ, ա, ք.
How is “Տաք” written in Latin letters?
dak'. 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?
About an object that burns the finger. About the weather it is շոգ, and տաք covers warm as well — one word, two temperatures. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.