ސިއްހީ މަރުކަޒު
“ސިއްހީ މަރުކަޒު” (sihhee marukazu) — health center in Maldivian. Noun, level A1. Literally 'health center'. There is no polyclinic in our sense: an inhabited island keeps one such center, and the hospital is in Malé or the atoll capital. In a live sentence: “ރަށުގެ ސިއްހީ މަރުކަޒަށް ދިޔައިން” — I went to the island's health center. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ސ, ި, އ, ް, ހ, ީ, މ, ަ, ރ, ު, ކ, ަ.
In short
| Written in Maldivian | ސިއްހީ މަރުކަޒު |
| Read in Latin letters | sihhee marukazu |
| Translation | health center |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- ސިއްހީ މަރުކަޒުsihhee marukazuhealth center
Why it looks that way
Literally 'health center'. There is no polyclinic in our sense: an inhabited island keeps one such center, and the hospital is in Malé or the atoll capital
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- ރަށުގެ ސިއްހީ މަރުކަޒަށް ދިޔައިންrashuge sihhee marukazah dhiyainI went to the island's health center
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “health center” in Maldivian?
«ސިއްހީ މަރުކަޒު», read “sihhee marukazu”. In a live sentence: “ރަށުގެ ސިއްހީ މަރުކަޒަށް ދިޔައިން” — I went to the island's health center. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ސ, ި, އ, ް, ހ, ީ, މ, ަ, ރ, ު, ކ, ަ.
How is “ސިއްހީ މަރުކަޒު” written in Latin letters?
sihhee marukazu. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally 'health center'. There is no polyclinic in our sense: an inhabited island keeps one such center, and the hospital is in Malé or the atoll capital. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.