LingoflyЖаһандық жылыну
- Жаһандық жылынуZhahandyq zhylynuglobal warming
“Жаһандық жылыну” (Zhahandyq zhylynu) — global warming in Kazakh. Noun, level B1. Breathy h, throaty q: zha-han-DYQ zhy-ly-NU. In a live sentence: “Жаһандық жылыну мұздықтарды ерітеді” (Zhahandyq zhylynu mūzdyqtardy eritedi) — Global warming is melting the glaciers. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ж, а, һ, а, н, д, ы, қ, ж, ы, л, ы… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Жаһандық жылыну (Zhahandyq zhylynu) |
| Read in Latin letters | Zhahandyq zhylynu |
| Translation | global warming |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
breathy h, throaty q: zha-han-DYQ zhy-ly-NU
Why it looks that way
zhahan is the world, the universe, of Persian stock, and -dyq makes the feature; zhylynu is to warm yourself — again the -n tail, as in pollution
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.
- Жаһандық жылыну мұздықтарды ерітедіZhahandyq zhylynu mūzdyqtardy eritediGlobal warming is melting the glaciers
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 “global warming” in Kazakh?
«Жаһандық жылыну» (Zhahandyq zhylynu), read “Zhahandyq zhylynu”. Breathy h, throaty q: zha-han-DYQ zhy-ly-NU. In a live sentence: “Жаһандық жылыну мұздықтарды ерітеді” (Zhahandyq zhylynu mūzdyqtardy eritedi) — Global warming is melting the glaciers. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Ж, а, һ, а, н, д, ы, қ, ж, ы, л, ы…
How is “Жаһандық жылыну” (Zhahandyq zhylynu) written in Latin letters?
Zhahandyq zhylynu. 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?
Zhahan is the world, the universe, of Persian stock, and -dyq makes the feature; zhylynu is to warm yourself — again the -n tail, as in pollution. 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.