In Armenian, someone eats your head

“Don’t eat my head” means “stop bothering me”.

“Glukhs mi ker”: word for word “don’t eat my head”. You say it to someone who is annoying you.

“Nervers mi ker”, “don’t eat my nerves”, means “stop getting on my nerves”. It is informal.

Did you know? The final “s” (glukhs, nervers) means “my”.

Words to listen to

Romanization	Armenian	Meaning
Glukhs mi ker	Գլուխս մի՛ կեր	stop bothering me
Nervers mi ker	Ներվերս մի՛ կեր	stop getting on my nerves
glukh	գլուխ	head

Tap a row’s button to hear the word. Romanization and audio come from the app (Eastern Armenian).