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- number
“raqam” — number in Uzbek. Noun, level A1, topic — numbers and counting. The deep throat q at the end. In a live sentence: “Telefon raqamingizni ayting.” — Say your phone number. One of 59 words in the set “numbers and counting” in the Uzbek course.
In short
| Written in Uzbek | raqam |
| Translation | number |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
How to pronounce it
the deep throat q at the end
Why it looks that way
Both a number and a number-plate at once: phone, house, route — all raqam. "Son" — the number in counting and problems — will stay with school.
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.
- Telefon raqamingizni ayting.Say your phone number.
Nearby words: numbers and counting
A price, the change, a house number, the time you agreed on, the floor. Numbers are the first thing you have to catch by ear — and the first thing people say fast.
- bironeThe number goes before the word: bir choy — one tea. The noun after a number never takes the plural.
- ikkitwoThe doubled kk holds the syllable long. After the number the word stays singular: ikki non — two flatbreads.
- uchthreeu is the oo of put, not "yoo"
- toʻrtfoura rounded oʻ inside the first syllable
- qancha?how many?the q is made deep in the throat
- soʻmsoʻm (currency)a rounded oʻ inside
- oltisixThe short numbers 6–9 run like a drumroll: olti, yetti, sakkiz, toʻqqiz — they differ at the start.
- yettiseveny as in yes
- sakkizeightThe doubled kk holds the syllable long. The numbers 6–8 differ only in their first syllable.
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “numbers and counting”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “number” in Uzbek?
Both a number and a number-plate at once: phone, house, route — all raqam. "Son" — the number in counting and problems — will stay with school.
- How do you say “soʻm (currency)” in Uzbek?
The money of Uzbekistan. Prices at the bazaar are named aloud, and haggling is part of the deal.
- How do you say “three” in Uzbek?
One syllable. From it comes "uchinchi" — third.
- How do you say “eight” in Uzbek?
The doubled kk holds the syllable long. The numbers 6–8 differ only in their first syllable.
- How do you say “how many?” in Uzbek?
A question about quantity and price at once: "qancha?" at a stall means "how much?". The answer is simply the number.
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 “number” in Uzbek?
«raqam». The deep throat q at the end. In a live sentence: “Telefon raqamingizni ayting.” — Say your phone number. Noun, level A1, from the set “numbers and counting”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Both a number and a number-plate at once: phone, house, route — all raqam. "Son" — the number in counting and problems — will stay with school. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.