LingoflyBuildings and premises in Western Armenian
11 words in Western Armenian on the topic “buildings and premises”: Աւտօկայան (avdogayan) — bus station, Նաւամատոյց (navamaduyts) — pier, Փոխանակման կէտ (p'okhanagman ged) — exchange office, Կենդանաբանական այգի (gentanapanagan ayki) — zoo.
11 words on the topic
- ՆաւամատոյցnavamaduytspierFrom
նաւ(nav), a ship, plusմատոյց, approach. The sameմատոյցbuilds the station platform,կառամատոյց(garramaduyts) - Փոխանակման կէտp'okhanagman gedexchange office
Արտարժոյթի փոխանակում(ardarzhuyt'i p'okhanagum) is currency exchange;կէտis a point — and on a sign, an office - ԿրկէսgrgescircusThe native word won here: even in everyday speech nobody says the borrowed
ցիրկ. Say it GR-ges, with the r of 'grass' - Աւտոլուացումavdolvatsumcar wash
Լուացումcomes fromլուալ(lual), to wash;լուացքատուն(luatsk'adun) is the laundry — and mixing them up is an expensive mistake
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
Աւտօկայան (avdogayan) — bus station. Կայարան (gayaran) is a station in general; for the bus terminal people prefer this compound — հանրակառք (hanragarrk') clipped to աւտո plus կայան.
Նաւամատոյց (navamaduyts) — pier. From նաւ (nav), a ship, plus մատոյց, approach. The same մատոյց builds the station platform, կառամատոյց (garramaduyts).
Փոխանակման կէտ (p'okhanagman ged) — exchange office. Արտարժոյթի փոխանակում (ardarzhuyt'i p'okhanagum) is currency exchange; կէտ is a point — and on a sign, an office.
Կենդանաբանական այգի (gentanapanagan ayki) — zoo. Literally a 'zoological garden': կենդանի (gentani), animal, plus այգի (ayki), garden. In conversation it is clipped to the borrowed զոոպարկ.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “bus station” in Western Armenian?
Կայարան(gayaran) is a station in general; for the bus terminal people prefer this compound —հանրակառք(hanragarrk') clipped toաւտոplusկայան - How do you say “travel agency” in Western Armenian?
From
զբօսաշրջիկ(zposashrchig), tourist;գործակալութիւնcomes fromգործ(kordz), work - How do you say “zoo” in Western Armenian?
Literally a 'zoological garden':
կենդանի(gentani), animal, plusայգի(ayki), garden. In conversation it is clipped to the borrowedզոոպարկ - How do you say “hall” in Western Armenian?
The hall where the audience sits: կինոյի (ginoyi)
դահլիճ(tahlij). The tail -սրահ names smaller halls —մարզասրահ(marzasrah), the gym, andսպասասրահ(sbasasrah), the waiting room - How do you say “car wash” in Western Armenian?
Լուացումcomes fromլուալ(lual), to wash;լուացքատուն(luatsk'adun) is the laundry — and mixing them up is an expensive mistake
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Where to go and what is done there. These words are read off a sign more often than they are spoken.
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 “bus station” in Western Armenian?
«Աւտօկայան» (avdogayan), read “avdogayan”. Կայարան (gayaran) is a station in general; for the bus terminal people prefer this compound — հանրակառք (hanragarrk') clipped to աւտո plus կայան. It is one of 11 words in the set “buildings and premises” — the rest are in the table above.
How many words for buildings and places do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 11 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.