LingoflyԽայտաբղետ
- Խայտաբղետkhaydapghedmulticolored
“Խայտաբղետ” (khaydapghed) — multicolored in Western Armenian. Adjective, level A1. From բիծ (pidz), a spot: all covered in spots of different color. The word for a market hall full of fruit and fabrics. In a live sentence: “Շուկան խայտաբղետ է” (shugan khaydapghed e) — The market is multicolored. Written with the characters Խ, ա, յ, տ, ա, բ, ղ, ե, տ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Խայտաբղետ (khaydapghed) |
| Read in Latin letters | khaydapghed |
| Translation | multicolored |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
From բիծ (pidz), a spot: all covered in spots of different color. The word for a market hall full of fruit and fabrics
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.
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 “multicolored” in Western Armenian?
«Խայտաբղետ» (khaydapghed), read “khaydapghed”. In a live sentence: “Շուկան խայտաբղետ է” (shugan khaydapghed e) — The market is multicolored. Adjective, level A1; written with the characters Խ, ա, յ, տ, ա, բ, ղ, ե, տ.
How is “Խայտաբղետ” (khaydapghed) written in Latin letters?
khaydapghed. 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?
From բիծ (pidz), a spot: all covered in spots of different color. The word for a market hall full of fruit and fabrics. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.