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1,000հազար

Armenian numbers

How to say one thousand (1,000) in Armenian

One thousand (1,000) in Armenian is հազար, pronounced hazar.

Romanization:
hazar

One thousand in use

  • հազար դրամ
    hazar dram
    1,000 dram

After a number, an Armenian noun stays singular: հազար խնձոր is literally “1,000 apple”.

Good to know

Հազար, like the Persian hazâr, is one of the old shared words of the region. Prices in Armenia are often in thousands of dram.

Bigger numbers

  • 1,000հազարhazar
  • 1,001հազար մեկhazar mek
  • 1,500հազար հինգ հարյուրhazar hing haryur
  • 2,000երկու հազարyerku hazar
  • 2,025երկու հազար քսանհինգyerku hazar k'sanhing
  • 10,000տասը հազարtasə hazar
  • 100,000հարյուր հազարharyur hazar

1,000 in Armenian letters

Before Arabic digits, Armenians wrote numbers with letters: every letter of Mesrop Mashtots' alphabet had a value. 1,000 is written Ռ — you still see it on clock faces, in church calendars and in chapter numbers.

Questions

How do you say one thousand in Armenian?

One thousand is հազար, pronounced hazar.

How do you say “1000th” in Armenian?

The ordinal is հազարերորդ (hazarerord).

How is 1,000 written in Armenian letters?

In the classical system it is Ռ. Everyday Armenian uses ordinary digits: 1,000.

Do Armenian nouns take the plural after one thousand?

No. After any number the noun stays singular: հազար խնձոր — “1,000 apple”.

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