Зарядтағыш
- ЗарядтағышZaryadtağyshcharger
“Зарядтағыш” (Zaryadtağysh) — charger in Kazakh. Noun, level A2. Gh voiced throaty, y short: za-ryad-ta-GHYSH. In a live sentence: “Зарядтағышыңды алып кет” (Zaryadtağyshyñdy alyp ket) — Take your charger. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters З, а, р, я, д, т, а, ғ, ы, ш. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Зарядтағыш (Zaryadtağysh) |
| Read in Latin letters | Zaryadtağysh |
| Translation | charger |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
gh voiced throaty, y short: za-ryad-ta-GHYSH
Why it looks that way
The borrowed root plus the Kazakh device tail — the same one that built the refrigerator and the vacuum cleaner.
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.
- Зарядтағышыңды алып кетZaryadtağyshyñdy alyp ketTake your charger
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 “charger” in Kazakh?
«Зарядтағыш» (Zaryadtağysh), read “Zaryadtağysh”. Gh voiced throaty, y short: za-ryad-ta-GHYSH. In a live sentence: “Зарядтағышыңды алып кет” (Zaryadtağyshyñdy alyp ket) — Take your charger. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters З, а, р, я, д, т, а, ғ, ы, ш.
How is “Зарядтағыш” (Zaryadtağysh) written in Latin letters?
Zaryadtağysh. 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 borrowed root plus the Kazakh device tail — the same one that built the refrigerator and the vacuum cleaner. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.