LingoflyԼիազօրագիր
- Լիազօրագիրliazorakirpower of attorney
“Լիազօրագիր” (liazorakir) — power of attorney in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. Լիազորել is to authorize, գիր is paper. The same -գիր in անցագիր (antsakir), the pass, and ազդագիր (aztakir), the poster: any official sheet. In a live sentence: “Առանց լիազօրագրի փաստաթուղթը չեն տար” (arrants liazorakri p'asdat'ught'ə chen dar) — Without the power of attorney they will not hand over the document. Written with the characters Լ, ի, ա, զ, օ, ր, ա, գ, ի, ր. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Լիազօրագիր (liazorakir) |
| Read in Latin letters | liazorakir |
| Translation | power of attorney |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
լիազորել is to authorize, գիր is paper. The same -գիր in անցագիր (antsakir), the pass, and ազդագիր (aztakir), the poster: any official sheet
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.
- Առանց լիազօրագրի փաստաթուղթը չեն տարarrants liazorakri p'asdat'ught'ə chen darWithout the power of attorney they will not hand over the document
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 “power of attorney” in Western Armenian?
«Լիազօրագիր» (liazorakir), read “liazorakir”. In a live sentence: “Առանց լիազօրագրի փաստաթուղթը չեն տար” (arrants liazorakri p'asdat'ught'ə chen dar) — Without the power of attorney they will not hand over the document. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Լ, ի, ա, զ, օ, ր, ա, գ, ի, ր.
How is “Լիազօրագիր” (liazorakir) written in Latin letters?
liazorakir. 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?
Լիազորել is to authorize, գիր is paper. The same -գիր in անցագիր (antsakir), the pass, and ազդագիր (aztakir), the poster: any official sheet. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.