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- Փոքրամասնութիւնp'ok'ramasnut'yunminority
“Փոքրամասնութիւն” (p'ok'ramasnut'yun) — minority in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. Both փ and ք in the first syllable are sounds on an exhale: p'hok'h-ra-mas-noo-TYOON. In a live sentence: “Փոքրամասնութիւնը նոյնպէս իրաւունքներ ունի” (p'ok'ramasnut'yunə nuynbes iravunk'ner uni) — The minority has the same rights. Written with the characters Փ, ո, ք, ր, ա, մ, ա, ս, ն, ո, ւ, թ… A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Փոքրամասնութիւն (p'ok'ramasnut'yun) |
| Read in Latin letters | p'ok'ramasnut'yun |
| Translation | minority |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
both փ and ք in the first syllable are sounds on an exhale: p'hok'h-ra-mas-noo-TYOON
Why it looks that way
The partner of մեծամասնութիւն (medzamasnut'yun), majority: փոքր (p'ok'r) is small. A national minority is ազգային (azkayin) փոքրամասնութիւն (p'ok'ramasnut'yun)
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.
- Փոքրամասնութիւնը նոյնպէս իրաւունքներ ունիp'ok'ramasnut'yunə nuynbes iravunk'ner uniThe minority has the same rights
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 “minority” in Western Armenian?
«Փոքրամասնութիւն» (p'ok'ramasnut'yun), read “p'ok'ramasnut'yun”. Both փ and ք in the first syllable are sounds on an exhale: p'hok'h-ra-mas-noo-TYOON. In a live sentence: “Փոքրամասնութիւնը նոյնպէս իրաւունքներ ունի” (p'ok'ramasnut'yunə nuynbes iravunk'ner uni) — The minority has the same rights. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Փ, ո, ք, ր, ա, մ, ա, ս, ն, ո, ւ, թ…
How is “Փոքրամասնութիւն” (p'ok'ramasnut'yun) written in Latin letters?
p'ok'ramasnut'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?
The partner of մեծամասնութիւն (medzamasnut'yun), majority: փոքր (p'ok'r) is small. A national minority is ազգային (azkayin) փոքրամասնութիւն (p'ok'ramasnut'yun). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.