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17տասնյոթ

Armenian numbers

How to say seventeen (17) in Armenian

Seventeen (17) in Armenian is տասնյոթ, pronounced tasnyot'.

Romanization:
tasnyot'

Seventeen in use

  • Տասնյոթ տարեկան եմ։
    Tasnyot' tarekan em.
    I'm 17 years old.
  • տասնյոթ խնձոր
    tasnyot' khndzor
    17 apples

After a number, an Armenian noun stays singular: տասնյոթ խնձոր is literally “17 apple”.

Good to know

տասնյոթ is տասն (ten) + յոթ (seven), written as one word.

From 17 to 19

  • 10տասըtasə
  • 11տասնմեկtasnmek
  • 12տասներկուtasnerku
  • 13տասներեքtasnerek'
  • 14տասնչորսtasnch'ors
  • 15տասնհինգtasnhing
  • 16տասնվեցtasnvets'
  • 17տասնյոթtasnyot'
  • 18տասնութtasnut'
  • 19տասնինըtasninə

17 in Armenian letters

Before Arabic digits, Armenians wrote numbers with letters: every letter of Mesrop Mashtots' alphabet had a value. 17 is written ԺԷ — you still see it on clock faces, in church calendars and in chapter numbers.

Questions

How do you say seventeen in Armenian?

Seventeen is տասնյոթ, pronounced tasnyot'.

How do you say “17th” in Armenian?

The ordinal is տասնյոթերորդ (tasnyot'erord).

How is 17 written in Armenian letters?

In the classical system it is ԺԷ. Everyday Armenian uses ordinary digits: 17.

Do Armenian nouns take the plural after seventeen?

No. After any number the noun stays singular: տասնյոթ խնձոր — “17 apple”.

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