LingoflyԳիրքի գլուխ
- Գիրքի գլուխkirk'i klukhbook chapter
“Գիրքի գլուխ” (kirk'i klukh) — book chapter in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. Գլուխ (klukh) is a head, and the chapter of a book is called by it — exactly like English. Hence also գլուխս կը ցաւի (klukhs gə tsavi), my head hurts. In a live sentence: “Գիրքին առաջին գլուխը ամենէն դժուարն է” (kirk'in arrachin klukhə amenen tzhvarn e) — The first chapter of the book is the hardest. Written with the characters Գ, ի, ր, ք, ի, գ, լ, ո, ւ, խ.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Գիրքի գլուխ (kirk'i klukh) |
| Read in Latin letters | kirk'i klukh |
| Translation | book chapter |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
գլուխ (klukh) is a head, and the chapter of a book is called by it — exactly like English. Hence also գլուխս կը ցաւի (klukhs gə tsavi), my head hurts
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.
- Գիրքին առաջին գլուխը ամենէն դժուարն էkirk'in arrachin klukhə amenen tzhvarn eThe first chapter of the book is the hardest
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 “book chapter” in Western Armenian?
«Գիրքի գլուխ» (kirk'i klukh), read “kirk'i klukh”. In a live sentence: “Գիրքին առաջին գլուխը ամենէն դժուարն է” (kirk'in arrachin klukhə amenen tzhvarn e) — The first chapter of the book is the hardest. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Գ, ի, ր, ք, ի, գ, լ, ո, ւ, խ.
How is “Գիրքի գլուխ” (kirk'i klukh) written in Latin letters?
kirk'i klukh. 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?
Գլուխ (klukh) is a head, and the chapter of a book is called by it — exactly like English. Hence also գլուխս կը ցաւի (klukhs gə tsavi), my head hurts. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.