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“fen” — hair dryer in Uzbek. Noun, level A2, topic — home and things. A short word, like the object itself: fen. Hair is dried with it — sochni fen bilan quritmoq. In a live sentence: “Sochni fen bilan quritaman.” — I dry my hair with the dryer. One of 196 words in the set “home and things” in the Uzbek course.
In short
| Written in Uzbek | fen |
| Translation | hair dryer |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
A short word, like the object itself: fen. Hair is dried with it — sochni fen bilan quritmoq.
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.
- Sochni fen bilan quritaman.I dry my hair with the dryer.
Nearby words: home and things
Room, key, water, electricity. You will need them on your first day in a rented flat.
- turar joyhousingLiterally "a place of living": a word of notices and papers. In live speech one simply says "uy" — home.
- xonaroomthe h is a light breath
- oshxonakitchenThe same word as canteen: "house of food" — in the city and in the flat alike. The home kitchen is called exactly this.
- hammambathroomAt home the bathroom is called "hammam"; the public bath is the same word. A second name is "yuvilish xonasi" — the washing room.
- balkonbalconyIn summer the balcony here is a second tea table: a tapchan and bowls.
- qavatfloorthe deep q from the throat
- zinapoyastaircaseSteps and the staircase at once. In speech one hears "zinapoyalar" — the steps: the word willingly takes the plural.
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “home and things”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “hair dryer” in Uzbek?
A short word, like the object itself: fen. Hair is dried with it — sochni fen bilan quritmoq.
- How do you say “balcony” in Uzbek?
In summer the balcony here is a second tea table: a tapchan and bowls.
- How do you say “housing” in Uzbek?
Literally "a place of living": a word of notices and papers. In live speech one simply says "uy" — home.
- How do you say “staircase” in Uzbek?
Steps and the staircase at once. In speech one hears "zinapoyalar" — the steps: the word willingly takes the plural.
- How do you say “bathroom” in Uzbek?
At home the bathroom is called "hammam"; the public bath is the same word. A second name is "yuvilish xonasi" — the washing room.
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 “hair dryer” in Uzbek?
«fen». In a live sentence: “Sochni fen bilan quritaman.” — I dry my hair with the dryer. Noun, level A2, from the set “home and things”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
A short word, like the object itself: fen. Hair is dried with it — sochni fen bilan quritmoq. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.