LingoflyԻնքնաշարժ
- Ինքնաշարժink'nasharzhcar
“Ինքնաշարժ” (ink'nasharzh) — car in Western Armenian. Noun, level A1. Stress on the last syllable: ink-na-sharzh, with a little 'uh' sneaking in between the ն and the շ. In a live sentence: “Ինքնաշարժը բակին մէջ կայանուած է” (ink'nasharzhə pagin mech gayanuadz e) — The car is parked in the yard. Written with the characters Ի, ն, ք, ն, ա, շ, ա, ր, ժ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ինքնաշարժ (ink'nasharzh) |
| Read in Latin letters | ink'nasharzh |
| Translation | car |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
How to pronounce it
Stress on the last syllable: ink-na-sharzh, with a little 'uh' sneaking in between the ն and the շ
Why it looks that way
Literally 'self-mover': ինքն is 'self', շարժել (sharzhel) is 'to move'. This is the Western word for a car; in Armenia they say մեքենայ (mek'ena). A washing machine is լուացքի մեքենայ (lvatsk'i mek'ena) on both sides
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 “car” in Western Armenian?
«Ինքնաշարժ» (ink'nasharzh), read “ink'nasharzh”. Stress on the last syllable: ink-na-sharzh, with a little 'uh' sneaking in between the ն and the շ. In a live sentence: “Ինքնաշարժը բակին մէջ կայանուած է” (ink'nasharzhə pagin mech gayanuadz e) — The car is parked in the yard. Noun, level A1; written with the characters Ի, ն, ք, ն, ա, շ, ա, ր, ժ.
How is “Ինքնաշարժ” (ink'nasharzh) written in Latin letters?
ink'nasharzh. 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?
Literally 'self-mover': ինքն is 'self', շարժել (sharzhel) is 'to move'. This is the Western word for a car; in Armenia they say մեքենայ (mek'ena). A washing machine is լուացքի մեքենայ (lvatsk'i mek'ena) on both sides. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.