LingoflyՈչ-ոքի
- Ոչ-ոքիvoch-ok'idraw (in a game)
“Ոչ-ոքի” (voch-ok'i) — draw (in a game) in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. The first ո reads 'vo' and so does the second: vo-chvo-KEE. The hyphen is real, part of the spelling. In a live sentence: “Խաղը ոչ-ոքի աւարտեցաւ” (khaghə voch-ok'i avardetsav) — The game ended in a draw. Written with the characters Ո, չ, ո, ք, ի. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ոչ-ոքի (voch-ok'i) |
| Read in Latin letters | voch-ok'i |
| Translation | draw (in a game) |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
the first ո reads 'vo' and so does the second: vo-chvo-KEE. The hyphen is real, part of the spelling
Why it looks that way
Literally 'not a single one', from ոչ (voch), not, and ոք (vok), anyone. To play a draw is ոչ-ոքի (voch-ok'i) խաղալ (khaghal)
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.
- Խաղը ոչ-ոքի աւարտեցաւkhaghə voch-ok'i avardetsavThe game ended in a draw
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 “draw (in a game)” in Western Armenian?
«Ոչ-ոքի» (voch-ok'i), read “voch-ok'i”. The first ո reads 'vo' and so does the second: vo-chvo-KEE. The hyphen is real, part of the spelling. In a live sentence: “Խաղը ոչ-ոքի աւարտեցաւ” (khaghə voch-ok'i avardetsav) — The game ended in a draw. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Ո, չ, ո, ք, ի.
How is “Ոչ-ոքի” (voch-ok'i) written in Latin letters?
voch-ok'i. 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 'not a single one', from ոչ (voch), not, and ոք (vok), anyone. To play a draw is ոչ-ոքի (voch-ok'i) խաղալ (khaghal). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.