තෑග්ගට දෙන සල්ලි
“තෑග්ගට දෙන සල්ලි” (tǣggaṭa dena salli) — gift money in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. Literally 'money given as a gift', from the familiar gift and money. At a wedding it goes into an envelope and is handed over at the entrance. In a live sentence: “මංගල්යයට තෑග්ගට දෙන සල්ලි කවරයක දානවා” — For the wedding, gift money goes into an envelope. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ත, ෑ, ග, ්, ග, ට, ද, ෙ, න, ස, ල, ්.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | තෑග්ගට දෙන සල්ලි |
| Read in Latin letters | tǣggaṭa dena salli |
| Translation | gift money |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- තෑග්ගට දෙන සල්ලිtǣggaṭa dena salligift money
Why it looks that way
Literally 'money given as a gift', from the familiar gift and money. At a wedding it goes into an envelope and is handed over at the entrance
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.
- මංගල්යයට තෑග්ගට දෙන සල්ලි කවරයක දානවාmaṁgalyayaṭa tǣggaṭa dena salli kavarayaka dānavāFor the wedding, gift money goes into an envelope
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 “gift money” in Sinhala?
«තෑග්ගට දෙන සල්ලි», read “tǣggaṭa dena salli”. In a live sentence: “මංගල්යයට තෑග්ගට දෙන සල්ලි කවරයක දානවා” — For the wedding, gift money goes into an envelope. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ත, ෑ, ග, ්, ග, ට, ද, ෙ, න, ස, ල, ්.
How is “තෑග්ගට දෙන සල්ලි” written in Latin letters?
tǣggaṭa dena salli. 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 'money given as a gift', from the familiar gift and money. At a wedding it goes into an envelope and is handed over at the entrance. 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.