Տեխնիկայից գլուխ հանել
“Տեխնիկայից գլուխ հանել” (dekhnigayits klukh hanel) — to know one's way around technology in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. The idiom գլուխ հանել is literally 'to pull the head out': to figure something out. The thing you figure out takes -ից: տեխնիկայից, այս գործից. In a live sentence: “Տեխնիկայից գլուխ չեմ հաներ” — I do not know my way around technology. Written with the characters Տ, ե, խ, ն, ի, կ, ա, յ, ի, ց, գ, լ.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Տեխնիկայից գլուխ հանել |
| Read in Latin letters | dekhnigayits klukh hanel |
| Translation | to know one's way around technology |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The idiom գլուխ հանել is literally 'to pull the head out': to figure something out. The thing you figure out takes -ից: տեխնիկայից, այս գործից
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.
- Տեխնիկայից գլուխ չեմ հաներdekhnigayits klukh chem hanerI do not know my way around technology
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 “to know one's way around technology” in Western Armenian?
«Տեխնիկայից գլուխ հանել», read “dekhnigayits klukh hanel”. In a live sentence: “Տեխնիկայից գլուխ չեմ հաներ” — I do not know my way around technology. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Տ, ե, խ, ն, ի, կ, ա, յ, ի, ց, գ, լ.
How is “Տեխնիկայից գլուխ հանել” written in Latin letters?
dekhnigayits klukh hanel. 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 idiom գլուխ հանել is literally 'to pull the head out': to figure something out. The thing you figure out takes -ից: տեխնիկայից, այս գործից. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.