Body Parts

1. Գլուխ

   Glukh

   Head

   Usage

   Show it at a clinic and point to your head. "Glukhs tsavum e" means my head hurts

   Grammar Note

   Armenian has no gender. Possession is a suffix: -ս means "my", so glukhs is "my head"

2. Մազեր

   Mazer

   Hair

   Usage

   Used at a salon or barber. The singular maz is a single hair, so hair as a whole is plural

3. Դեմք

   Demk

   Face

   Usage

   Use it to show where a skin problem is, or the area for a treatment

4. Աչք

   Achk

   Eye

   Usage

   At an eye clinic or pharmacy. The plural is աչքեր, achker

5. Ականջ

   Akanj

   Ear

   Usage

   Use it for ear trouble after a flight or a mountain road

6. Քիթ

   Kit

   Nose

   Usage

   Use it at a pharmacy for a blocked nose or hay fever

7. Բերան

   Beran

   Mouth

   Usage

   Used at the dentist or for a mouth ulcer. In Eastern Armenian բ is a "b" sound

8. Ատամ

   Atam

   Tooth

   Usage

   Show it at the dentist while pointing at the tooth; the plural is atamner

9. Լեզու

   Lezu

   Tongue

   Usage

   The same word means "language" — point at your tongue to be clear

10. Վիզ

    Viz

    Neck

    Usage

    Armenian separates the neck (վիզ) from the throat (կոկորդ); use this for outer pain such as a stiff neck

11. Կոկորդ

    Kokord

    Throat

    Usage

    "Kokords tsavum e" means my throat hurts — the phrase for a cold at the pharmacy

12. Ուս

    Us

    Shoulder

    Usage

    Use it for pain after carrying a heavy backpack

13. Ձեռք

    Dzerk

    Hand / arm

    Usage

    Armenian ձեռք covers the hand and the arm; use bazuk for the upper arm alone

14. Բազուկ

    Bazuk

    Upper arm

    Usage

    Use it for where an injection or a blood draw goes

15. Արմունկ

    Armunk

    Elbow

    Usage

    Use it after a fall to show where you scraped yourself

16. Մատ

    Mat

    Finger / toe

    Usage

    Armenian uses մատ for both; say dzerrki mat (of the hand) or votki mat (of the foot) to specify

17. Եղունգ

    Yeghung

    Nail

    Usage

    Word-initial ե is read "ye". Used at a nail salon or for an ingrown nail

18. Կրծքավանդակ

    Krtskavandak

    Chest

    Usage

    The word for the ribcage — use it for chest pain or tightness

19. Փոր

    Por

    Belly / abdomen

    Usage

    The belly from outside: "Pors tsavum e" is a stomach ache. The organ is stamoks

20. Ստամոքս

    Stamoks

    Stomach

    Usage

    Use it for food poisoning, or when asking a pharmacy for something for your stomach

21. Մեջք

    Mejk

    Back

    Usage

    At a massage or an orthopaedist; the lower back is gotkategh

22. Գոտկատեղ

    Gotkategh

    Lower back / waist

    Usage

    Literally the place of the belt, goti — use it for pain after lifting luggage

23. Հետույք

    Hetuyk

    Buttocks

    Usage

    The standard, publicly usable word — useful for where an injection goes

24. Ոտք

    Votk

    Leg / foot

    Usage

    Word-initial ո is read "vo". Armenian ոտք covers the whole leg and the foot, so point to the spot

25. Ծունկ

    Tsunk

    Knee

    Usage

    Easy to hurt after the stone steps at monasteries such as Geghard or Tatev

26. Մաշկ

    Mashk

    Skin

    Usage

    Use it at a pharmacy for sunburn or insect bites

27. Ոսկոր

    Voskor

    Bone

    Usage

    Use it when you suspect a fracture; the initial ո is read "vo"

28. Արյուն

    Aryun

    Blood

    Usage

    For a blood test, or to say that you are bleeding

29. Սիրտ

    Sirt

    Heart

    Usage

    Use it to explain a heart condition; it is also the figurative heart

30. Աղիք

    Aghik

    Intestine

    Usage

    You cannot point at it, so show the word when explaining diarrhoea or cramps

31. Թոք

    Tok

    Lung

    Usage

    Use it for asthma or breathlessness at altitude around Lake Sevan or Mount Aragats

32. Լյարդ

    Lyard

    Liver

    Usage

    Use it when explaining a condition or medication; the same word is liver on a menu

33. Երիկամ

    Yerikam

    Kidney

    Usage

    Use it for stones or a chronic condition; the initial ե is read "ye"

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