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- Աւիաընկերութիւնaviaəngerut'yunairline
“Աւիաընկերութիւն” (aviaəngerut'yun) — airline in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. Ընկերութիւն (əngerut'yun) means a company — and also friendship: the same ընկեր (ənger), friend. The Աւիա- piece is the international 'avia-'. In a live sentence: “Աւիաընկերութիւնը փոխհատուցում վճարած է” (aviaəngerut'yunə p'okhhadutsum vjaradz e) — The airline has paid compensation. Written with the characters Ա, ւ, ի, ա, ը, ն, կ, ե, ր, ո, ւ, թ… A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Աւիաընկերութիւն (aviaəngerut'yun) |
| Read in Latin letters | aviaəngerut'yun |
| Translation | airline |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
ընկերութիւն (əngerut'yun) means a company — and also friendship: the same ընկեր (ənger), friend. The Աւիա- piece is the international 'avia-'
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.
- Աւիաընկերութիւնը փոխհատուցում վճարած էaviaəngerut'yunə p'okhhadutsum vjaradz eThe airline has paid compensation
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 “airline” in Western Armenian?
«Աւիաընկերութիւն» (aviaəngerut'yun), read “aviaəngerut'yun”. In a live sentence: “Աւիաընկերութիւնը փոխհատուցում վճարած է” (aviaəngerut'yunə p'okhhadutsum vjaradz e) — The airline has paid compensation. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Ա, ւ, ի, ա, ը, ն, կ, ե, ր, ո, ւ, թ…
How is “Աւիաընկերութիւն” (aviaəngerut'yun) written in Latin letters?
aviaəngerut'yun. 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?
Ընկերութիւն (əngerut'yun) means a company — and also friendship: the same ընկեր (ənger), friend. The Աւիա- piece is the international 'avia-'. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.