Armenian Vocabulary and History

Places and Objects

100

church

եկեղեցի (yekeghets’i)

200

hospital

հիվանդանոց (hivandanots’)

300

River

Գետ (Get)

400

Pool

լողավազան (loghavazan)

500

Museum

թանգարան (t’angaran)

Food and Drink

100

Barbecue 

Խորոված (Khorovats)

200

Vodka

Օղի (Oghi)

300

Apricot

Ծիրան (Tziran)

400

Salad

Աղցան (Aghtsan)

500

asparagus

ծնեբեկ tsnebek

Animals

100

Bear

Արջ (Arj)

200

Wolf

Գայլ (Gayl)

300

tiger

վագր (vagr)

400

lizard

մողես (moghes)

500

Scorpion

Կարիճ (Karich)

Verbs and actions

100

to understand

Հասկանալ (Haskanal)

200

to speed

արագացնել (aragats’nel)

300

to enhance or elevate

Բարձրացնել (Bardzrats’nel)

400

to differentiate

Տարբերակել (T’arbierakel)

500

to organize

կազմակերպել (kazmakerpel)

History (not vocab)

100

Creator of Armenian alphabet

Mesrop Mashtots

200

Armenian monastery located in the Ararat Plain in Armenia, near the border with Turkey

Khor Virap

300

a small island in the Venetian Lagoon which has been home to the monastery of the Mekhitarists

San Lazzaro degli Armeni

400

In what year did Armenia become the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion?

301 AD

500

What agreement, signed in 1920, recognized the independence of Armenia after World War I?

Treaty of Sèvres