ශිෂ්යත්වය
“ශිෂ්යත්වය” (śiṣyatvaya) — scholarship in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. shi-shyat-va-ya; the ṣ is the retroflex sh, while s is the plain s. In a live sentence: “ඇයට ශිෂ්යත්වයක් ලැබුණා” — She got a scholarship. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ශ, ි, ෂ, ්, ය, ත, ්, ව, ය. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ශිෂ්යත්වය |
| Read in Latin letters | śiṣyatvaya |
| Translation | scholarship |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- ශිෂ්යත්වයśiṣyatvayascholarship
How to pronounce it
shi-shyat-va-ya; the ṣ is the retroflex sh, while s is the plain s
Why it looks that way
The same word names the famous fifth-grade exam that the whole country prepares for
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.
- ඇයට ශිෂ්යත්වයක් ලැබුණාæyaṭa śiṣyatvayak læbuṇāShe got a scholarship
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 “scholarship” in Sinhala?
«ශිෂ්යත්වය», read “śiṣyatvaya”. shi-shyat-va-ya; the ṣ is the retroflex sh, while s is the plain s. In a live sentence: “ඇයට ශිෂ්යත්වයක් ලැබුණා” — She got a scholarship. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ශ, ි, ෂ, ්, ය, ත, ්, ව, ය.
How is “ශිෂ්යත්වය” written in Latin letters?
śiṣyatvaya. 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?
The same word names the famous fifth-grade exam that the whole country prepares for. 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.