LingoflyHome and things in Western Armenian
192 words in Western Armenian on the topic “home and things”: Տուն (dun) — home, Կոտրուած (godruadz) — broken, Բնակարան (pnagaran) — apartment, Սենեակ (seneag) — room.
192 words on the topic
- ԿոտրուածgodruadzbrokenFrom
կոտրել(godrel), to break. The -ուած ending builds a state: 'broken' — and it stays broken until someone fixes it - ԲնակարանpnagaranapartmentThe first word of every rental listing. Strictly it means 'dwelling', but this is the word people search housing by
- ՍենեակseneagroomSame root in
գրասենեակ(kraseneag), office — literally 'the paper room', where the papers live - ԽոհանոցkhohanotskitchenSame root in
խոհարար(khoharar), cook — the person of the kitchen - ԼոգարանlokaranbathroomFrom
լոգանք, a bath. Its twinզուգարանmeans toilet — the two words look alike and everyone mixes them up at first - ՊատշգամբbadshkampbalconyThe bookish word; in conversation everyone just says the borrowed
բալկոն - ՅարկharkfloorSpelled with Յ but read 'hark'. Don't confuse it with
հարկ(harg), tax: the two sound almost alike, and only the spelling tells them apart - Վերելակverelagelevator
վեր(ver) is 'up'. In speech you will more often hear the borrowedլիֆտ - ԱստիճաններasdijannerstairsThe plural of
աստիճան(asdijan), a step: Armenian calls the staircase simply 'the steps' - ՍեղանseghantableIt also sits inside
վաճառասեղան(vajarraseghan), the market counter — 'the selling table' - Աթոռat'orrchairAlso 'throne': from a chair to a throne in one word. A small stool gets the diminutive
աթոռակ - Մահճակալmahjagalbedma-ja-GAL, with the stress on the last syllable — the ճ sounds like j as in 'jam'
- Պատուհանbaduhanwindow
պատ(bad) is 'wall': the window is simply 'the thing in the wall' - ԴուռturrdoorThe double ռ is a full trill — hold it. And watch the lookalike
դուն(tun), 'you': one letter short of a door - ԲանալիpanalikeyFrom
բանալ(panal), to open: a key is literally 'the opener'. The same verb opens windows and contracts - ԼամբlamplampA loanword, also spelled
լամպ. The light bulb goes by the same word - Տաք ջուրdak' churhot water
տաք(dak') covers both 'warm' and 'hot' — Armenian gets by without the distinction English draws, and the context decides - Հոսանքhosank'electricityFrom
հոսել, to flow: electricity is 'the current' in the most literal sense.Հոսանքը կտրուած է— the power is cut - Լուացքluatsk'laundryFrom
լուալ(lual), to wash. The same word names the laundry itself:լուացք ընել(lvatsk' ənel) — to do the laundry, literally 'to make the wash' - Սպասքsbask'dishesWatch the lookalike
սպասել(sbasel), to wait — nearly the same letters, nothing in common in meaning - Օճառojarrsoapo-JARR, with a full trill on the final ռ — let the r rattle a beat longer than an English r
- ԳրաւkravdepositWhat the landlord asks up front — usually one month's rent held as security
- ՎերանորոգումveranorokumrenovationWith
նոր(nor), new, hiding inside: literally a 'renewal'. In casual speech the borrowedռեմոնտis common - Աղմկոտ էaghmgod eit's noisy
աղմուկis noise. There is no separate adverb: Armenian takes the adjectiveաղմկոտ(aghmgod), noisy, and adds the little verbէ— 'is' - Չի աշխատիրchi ashkhadirit doesn't workThe same verb 'to work' used about people. Western negation:
չի(chi) plus a form in -իր - Կոտրուած էgodruadz eit's brokenPast with a result: it broke and it is still broken now — Armenian packs both into
կոտրուած է(godruadz e) - Կը կաթիgə gat'iit leaksLiterally 'it drips'. Said about a faucet, a pipe and a ceiling alike
- Վարպետ կանչեցէքvarbed ganchetsek'call a repairman
վարպետ(varbed) is a master of the trade, a respectful word.Կանչեցէք(ganchetsek), 'call', is also how you call a taxi - Ե՞րբ պիտի գաքyerp bidi kak'when will you come?The future is built with
պիտի(bidi): պիտի (bidi) գաք (kak) — you will come. Note the question mark ՞ sitting overե՞րբ(yerp), not at the end of the line - Չեմ կրնար բանալchem grnar panalI can't open it
կրնալ(grnal) is 'to be able', and the negation again rides in front: չեմ (chem) կրնար (grnar) — I cannot. The pattern is everywhere - Ջեռուցելcherrutselto heatthe ջ sounds like ch as in 'church', and the ռ is a full trill: che-roo-TSEL
- Պատbadwallthe same root appears in
պատուհան(baduhan) — the window is literally a hole in the wall. The plain word names the wall itself - Ննջասենեակnnchaseneagbedroomtwo n's queue up at the start: nn-cha-se-NYAG
- Առաստաղarrasdaghceilingthe room's top face, the partner of the wall and the floor. The double ռ at the start is a full roll
- Դարպասtarbasgatethe same word names the football goal: the goalkeeper is
դարպասապահ— the one who 'keeps the gate' - Ցանկապատtsangabadfence
ցանկis an enclosure,պատ(bad) is a wall: a fence is a thin wall of the yard - Աւտոտնակavdodnaggarage
աւտոplusտնակ— a little house: literally a car house. Speech also says the borrowedգարաժ - Նկուղngughbasementin Yerevan houses the
նկուղ(ngugh) is where the winter stores live. An attic isձեղնայարկ - Աւլելavlelto sweepthe broom is
աւել(avel), of the same root. Careful —աւելի(aveli) means more, one letter and a universe away - Լուացք ընելlvatsk' ənelto do the laundryliterally 'to make the wash': Armenian builds many verbs out of a noun plus
ընել(ənel) — the Western 'to do' - Արդուկելartugelto ironabout laundry only. To stroke a cat is
շոյել— an entirely different verb, luckily for the cat - Խոզանակkhozanagbrushfrom
խոզ(khoz), pig — the bristles: a brush is a pig-thing. The toothbrush isատամի խոզանակ(adami khozanag) - Դոյլtuylbucketshort and utilitarian. The rag that goes with it is
լաթ(lat') - Արդուկartugironthe noun to the verb
արդուկել(artugel), to iron: the iron is named after the ironing - Ինծի տուրindzi durgive it to methe "to whom" form
ինծի(indzi) — to me — plusտուր(dur), give. At the table this is the most-sent phrase of all - Բնակարան վարձելpnagaran vartselto rent an apartment
Բնակարան(pnagaran) is an apartment, plusվարձել(vartsel) — to take for a fee; the same root as the rent. No article: the apartment is still any apartment - Բնակարան վարձով տալpnagaran vartsov dalto rent out an apartmentLiterally 'to give the apartment for a fee'. The mirror of
վարձել(vartsel): the renter takes, the landlord gives. Easy to tangle — the whole difference is oneտալ(dal) - Վարձակալութեան պայմանագիրvartsagalut'ean baymanakirrental agreementThe lease
վարձակալութիւն(vartsagalut'yun) and the contractպայմանագիր(baymanakir). Note the shape ofվարձակալութեան(vartsagalut'ean): the modifier stands in front, in the possessive - Վարձավճարvartsavjarrent payment
վարձis a fee for use — it also pays for the taxi,տաքսու վարձ— andվճար(vjar) a payment: two near-synonyms fused into one word - Վարձակալութեան ժամկէտvartsagalut'ean zhamgedlease termThe same
ժամկէտ(zhamged), due date, that bills and deadlines carry. To extend it is ժամկէտը (zhamgedə) երկարացնել — to lengthen the term - Անշարժ գոյքի գործակալansharzh kuyk'i kordzagalreal estate agent
ան-not,շարժmoving: real estate is 'immovable property'.Գործակալis an agent. Long, so in life people sayմակլերor justգործակալ - Բնակարանի դիտումpnagarani tidumapartment viewingFrom
դիտել(tidel), to look at, to inspect — here exactly 'an inspection'. The video wordտեսանիւթ(desanyut') runs on a different root. Booking one: դիտումպայմանաւորուիլ(baymanavoruil) - Ներս տեղափոխուիլners deghap'okhuilto move in
ներս(ners) is inward — the word ofկարելի՞ է ներս մտնել(gareli e ners mdnel), may I come in.Տեղափոխուիլ(deghap'okhuil) is to change place:տեղ(degh) a place,փոխ(p'okh) a change - Տեղափոխութիւնdeghap'okhut'yunmovingfive syllables, stress at the end: de-gha-p'o-khoo-TYOON
- Տեղափոխուիլdeghap'okhuilto moveThe verb of moving in and moving out, without saying where.
Տեղափոխել(deghap'okhel) without -ու- moves something else: սեղանը (seghanə) տեղափոխեցի — I moved the table - Բեռնակիրperrnagirmoverthe double ռ is a full trill: perr-na-GEER
- Փաթեթաւորելp'at'et'avorelto packthree breathy փ-թ-թ in a row, each with its own puff: p'a-t'e-t'a-vo-REL
- Իրերուն փոխադրումirerun p'okhatrumtransporting the thingsThe things
իրեր(irer) you gather withիրերը հաւաքել(irerə havak'el), plusփոխադրում, a transport. Transport in general isփոխադրամիջոց— literally 'a means of moving across' - Տեղաւորուիլdeghavoruilto settle inFrom
տեղ(degh), place: 'to find one's place'. About things the -ու- drops: իրերը (irerə) տեղաւորեցի — I put the things in their places - ԲազմոցpazmotssofaFrom
բազում, many: the place where many can fit. The fold-out kind is բացուողբազմոց(pazmots) — an opening sofa - Բազկաթոռpazgat'orrarmchairthe final ռ is a full trill: paz-ga-TORR
- ԴարակtaragshelfA shelf on the wall, a desk drawer and a closet shelf — one word for all. A bookshelf is գիրքի (kirk'i)
դարակ(tarag) - ՀայելիhayelimirrorInside hides
հայել, an old verb 'to look' — the same that givesհայացք, a gaze. No kinship withհայ(hay), an Armenian — just a soundalike - ՎարագոյրvarakuyrcurtainOne word for the curtain in the room and the stage curtain in the theatre: վարագոյրը (varakuyrə) բացուեցաւ (patsvetsav) — the curtain rose
- Բարձpartspillowends in ձ, which the West reads as ts: PARTS — do not let the ր of the 'high' word sneak in
- ՎերմակvermagblanketFrom
վեր(ver), up: the thing that goes on top. Its cover isվերմակի երես— the same 'face' construction as the pillow's - ՋահchahchandelierIts old meaning was a torch — hence the chandelier as 'a hanging fire'. The plain lamp under the ceiling stays
լամբ(lamp) - Պատերը ներկելbaderə nergelto paint the wallsThe wall
պատ(bad), pluralպատեր.Ներկել(nergel) paints — walls, hair and fences alike, one verb for all - Պաստառbasdarrwallpaperthe double ռ is a full trill, stress at the end: bas-DARR
- Պտուտակահանbdudagahanscrewdriverfive syllables, stress on the end: bdu-da-ga-HAN
- ԳայլիկոնkayligondrillA wolf,
գայլ(kayl), hides inside: the tool that 'gnaws' the wall. Builders also sayդրել; the bit isգայլիկոնի ծայր— the drill's 'tip' - Խողովակkhoghovagpipethe ղ is the soft throat scrape: kho-gho-VAG
- Ջեռուցումcherrutsumheatingrolled double ռ, and the opening is 'ch' as in 'church', not j: cherr-oo-TSOOM
- Վերանորոգում ընելveranorokum ənelto do renovationsThe renovation word you own:
վերա-again,նոր(nor) new — 'a renewing'. A light, cosmetic one isթեթեւ(t'et'ev)վերանորոգում(veranorokum) - Հաշուիչի ցուցմունքhashuichi tsutsmunk'meter reading
ցոյց տալ(tsuyts dal) is to show;ցուցմունքis a reading, an indication. The same root in the listցուցակand the schedule tail-ցուցակ - Ջուրի վճարchuri vjarwater billThe water
ջուր(chur), possessiveջուրի(churi). Built like the utility bill:կոմունալ վճար(gomunal vjar) - Հոսանքի վճարhosank'i vjarelectricity billThe electricity
հոսանք(hosank') — literally 'a flow', fromհոսել, to flow - Ջուրն անջատած ենchurn anchadadz enthe water was shut offThe switch-off verb is
անջատել(anchadel). Անջատած (anchadadz) են (en) — 'they have switched it off': Armenian says the doer 'they' where English goes passive. The article is -ն because a vowel follows - Մուտքmudk'building entranceThe basic sense is any entrance; a building's stairwell is one too:
երկրորդ(yergrort)մուտք(mudk') — the second entrance. Henceմուտքանուն(mudk'anun), the username — 'an entry name' - Դռնախօսtrrnakhosintercomrolled double ռ with no vowel in front of it: trr-na-KHOS
- Միկրոալիքային վառարանmigroalik'ayin varraranmicrowave
ալիք(alik') is a wave andվառարանis a stove: a 'microwave stove', exactly what English says. In speech it shrinks toմիկրոալիքային(migroalik'ayin), or simplyմիկրո - Քերիչk'erichgraterFrom
քերել, to grate. The -իչ tail builds the tool — the same one inանջատիչ(anchadich), the switch, andլիցքաւորիչ(litsk'avorich), the charger - Շերեփsherep'ladleEnds on փ, a p on a breath. Your
գդալ(ktal), spoon, is inside the picture: the ladle is simply the big spoon for soup - Կափարիչgap'arichlidFrom
կափել, to cover, with the same -իչ tool tail as the grater. The everyday command: կաթսային (gat'sayin) կափարիչը (gap'arichə) գոցէ (kotse) — put the lid on the pot - Սփռոցsp'rrotstableclothtwo syllables, a p on a breath up front and a trilled rr inside: sp'-RROTS
- ՊլենտըրblendərblenderThe Western press writes
պլենտըր(blendər) and also calls itհարիչ, the same word as a whisk. What happens inside is said withհարել, to whisk, orմանրացնել, to mince - Սննդի տարայsnnti darafood container
սնունդ(snunt) is food (its possessiveսննդի(snnti) drops a vowel), andտարայis any container, jar or box — the word does not care what is stored in it - ՍանրsanrcombThe verb
սանրելis to comb, and the haircut isսանրուածք(sanruadzk'). Four letters, no vowel at the end — yet the word comes out in two beats, with a short ə before the r: sa-nər - Շամփուshamp'ushampooAn international word, at home here. Armenian has no grammatical gender, so the word needs no agreement. Soap is nearby as
օճառ(ojarr), and shower gel isցնցուղի գել - ՄկրատmgradscissorsArmenian keeps it singular where English insists on a pair: մկրատը
սուր(sur) է — the scissors is sharp. The word is old, borrowed from Arabic miqrāḍ, scissors - Թելt'elthreadStarts with the breathy թ — a t on an exhale, not the flat տ. The same word means wire and fishing line; the electric wire proper is
լար(lar) - Պահպանելbahbanelto keepA bookish word from Old Armenian; in everyday speech people often just say
պահել(bahel), to keep. It works for jam in the cellar, a file in the phone and a tradition in the family - Սառցարանsarrtsaranfreezerthree syllables with a trilled rr up front: sarr-tsa-RAN
- Օդափոխիչotap'okhichfan
օդ(ot) is air,փոխել(p'okhel) is to change, and -իչ makes the tool: an 'air-changer'. The kitchen hood goes by the same word; the air conditioner isկոնդիցիոներ - Ֆենfenhair dryerThe letter ֆ is a rarity in Armenian and nearly always signals a borrowing — as in
ֆիլմ(film), film. The bookish name, մազերու (mazeru) չորացուցիչ, exists but nobody says it - Անջատիչanchadichlight switchFrom
անջատել(anchadel), to switch off, with the -իչ tool tail. The same tail is in the grater, the charger and the fan: -իչ is Armenian's own '-er' for tools - ՊտուտակbdudagscrewFrom
պտտել, to twist. Yourպտուտակահան(bdudagahan), screwdriver, is literally a 'screw-puller'. The nail next to it isմեխ(mekh) — you hammer a nail, you twist a screw - Մանեկաբանալիmanegapanaliwrenchsix syllables, stress at the end: ma-ne-ga-pa-na-LEE
- Աքցանak'tsanpliersSingular in Armenian, like the scissors
մկրատ(mgrad): paired tools are not doubled. The same word covers tongs and pincers - Մեկուսիչ ժապաւէնmegusich zhabavenelectrical tape
մեկուսիչ(megusich) is insulating, fromմէկուսացնել, to insulate;ժապաւէնis tape — the same word was the film strip in an old cinema - Կպչուն ժապաւէնgbchun zhabavensticky tape
կպչուն(gbchun) means sticky, fromկպչել, to stick;ժապաւէնis the tape of the insulating kind too. In the shopսկոչ— scotch tape — works as well - Կպցնելgbtsnelto glueFrom
կպչել, to stick; the -ցնել tail aims the action at something else, the same pair as heating oneself and heating something. To come unstuck isպոկուիլ - Չափելchap'elto measureFrom
չափ(chap), a measure — the root ofչափս(chap's), the clothing size. You measure temperature, length and patience with the same verb - Ցնցուղtsntsughshowertwo ց in a row inside one word: ցնց. The sound is a plain ts on a puff of air
- Ջերմաչափchermachap'thermometerboth չ and փ are breathy: the ch and the p each come out on an exhale
- ՏոստերdosdertoasterA loanword that reads exactly as spelled. The bread for it is տոստի
հաց(hats), and lavash does not go into the toaster - ՅարդարումhartarumfinishingFrom
յարդարել, to put in order, to adorn. The finishing of an apartment and the styling of hair alike - Իջեցնելichetsnelto lowerBuilt on
իջնել(ichnel) go down + -ցն-: make go down. Prices drop the same way - Տեղաշարժելdeghasharzhelto move aside
Տեղ(degh) place +շարժել(sharzhel) move: to move off its place. A table, a meeting, anything with a place - Գցելktselto drop (by accident)Both 'drop' and 'throw'. Whether it was an accident, the context says — the word does not
- Գետնէն առնելkednen arrnelto pick up off the floor
Գետին(kedin) is ground and floor alike. The 'from' ending:գետնէն(kednen) - Կախելgakhelto hang up
Կախիչ, a hanger, is the same root. The thing hangs with no preposition anywhere - Դարակէն առնելtaragen arrnelto take off the shelf
Դարակ(tarag) is a shelf. Armenian says simply 'take':դարակէն առնել(taragen arrnel). The 'from' ending -էն does the 'off' - Ծալելdzalelto foldFold in two, bend:
ծալքis a fold. The same verb folds chairs and folds hands - Փռելp'rrelto spread outSpread over a surface — a map, a blanket, laundry on the line. The փ breathes: p'-rrel
- Փաթաթելp'at'at'elto wrapp'a-t'a-t'-EL: every փ and թ is a letter on an exhale
- Փաթեթը բանալp'at'et'ə panalto unwrapThere is no verb of unwrapping: the parcel is simply 'opened' —
բանալ(panal), the same verb that opens doors and accounts - Բանալpanalto openOpens doors, windows, accounts and meetings. The adjective
բաց(pats), open, belongs to the same family - Լոյսը վառելluysə varrelto switch on the light
Վառելis to kindle — light, fire, the stove. The light switches on the way a bonfire does - Լոյսը հանգցնելluysə hanktsnelto switch off the light
Հանգցնելis to extinguish, the pair ofվառել. The same -ցն- that makes it happen: make the fire go out - Սեղմելseghmelto pressPress a button and press a hand — ձեռքը
սեղմել(seghmel) is a handshake. One press, two gestures - Բռնակը պտտելprrnagə bddelto turn the handle
Բռնակis a handle, fromբռնել(prrnel), to hold: the thing you hold.պտտելis to spin — the door opens spinning - Թակելt'agelto knockExactly about doors. Knocking on a table in rhythm is another, onomatopoeic verb —
թխկթխկացնել— the word clatters as it says it - ՇեմshemthresholdBoth a door's threshold and 'on the threshold' in time:
ձմրան(tsmran) շեմին (shemin) - Դռան կողպէքtrran goghbek'door lockThe same
կողպէքas the padlock in the shop. The possessiveդռան(trran) in front tells you whose - Դռան զանգtrran zankdoorbell
Զանգ(zank) is the bell and the phone ring alike. Դռան զանգըչի աշխատիր(trran zankə chi ashkhadir) — the doorbell does not work — is a neighbor's first sentence to you - Պատուհանագոգbaduhanakokwindowsill
Պատուհան(baduhan) window +գոգ, the hollow: the little shelf-niche at the bottom. The flower's favorite address - Վարագոյրvarakuyrcurtain (at the window)One word for the kitchen curtain, the heavy drape and the theater curtain. The stage uses the same cloth
- Գիշերային լամբkisherayin lampnight lightThe tail -ային turns
գիշեր(kisher), night, into an adjective: 'of the night'. The child's room burns one all night - Զուգարանակոնքzukaranagonk'toilet bowl
Զուգարանtoilet +կոնք, basin: the bowl of the toilet. The word is a mouthful, the fixture is a fixture
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
Տուն (dun) — home. The տ sounds like d: 'doon'. 'Home' needs no preposition: կ'երթամ (g'ert'am) տուն (dun) — I'm going home; the word does the work that 'to' does in English.
Կոտրուած (godruadz) — broken. From կոտրել (godrel), to break. The -ուած ending builds a state: 'broken' — and it stays broken until someone fixes it.
Բնակարան (pnagaran) — apartment. The first word of every rental listing. Strictly it means 'dwelling', but this is the word people search housing by.
Սենեակ (seneag) — room. Same root in գրասենեակ (kraseneag), office — literally 'the paper room', where the papers live.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “home” in Western Armenian?
The տ sounds like d: 'doon'. 'Home' needs no preposition:
կ'երթամ(g'ert'am)տուն(dun) — I'm going home; the word does the work that 'to' does in English - How do you say “floor” in Western Armenian?
Spelled with Յ but read 'hark'. Don't confuse it with
հարկ(harg), tax: the two sound almost alike, and only the spelling tells them apart - How do you say “window” in Western Armenian?
պատ(bad) is 'wall': the window is simply 'the thing in the wall' - How do you say “cleaning” in Western Armenian?
From
մաքուր(mak'ur), clean. One word serves 'cleanness' and 'cleaning' alike; 'to tidy up' is said asտունը(dunə) հաւաքել — to gather the house - How do you say “rent” in Western Armenian?
The root is
վարձ, payment. Վարձով (vartsov)առնել(arrnel) — to rent (take), վարձով (vartsov)տալ(dal) — to rent out (give)
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Room, key, water, electricity. You will need them on your first day in a rented flat.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- 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.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “home” in Western Armenian?
«Տուն» (dun), read “dun”. The տ sounds like d: 'doon'. 'Home' needs no preposition: կ'երթամ (g'ert'am) տուն (dun) — I'm going home; the word does the work that 'to' does in English. It is one of 192 words in the set “home and things” — the rest are in the table above.
How many household words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 192 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.