සර්ච් එක
“සර්ච් එක” (sarc eka) — search in Sinhala. Noun, level A2. The bookish word means 'a search' in general, even the search for a missing person; the search bar is only 'the search eka'. In a live sentence: “සර්ච් එකෙන් හොයන්න” — Find it through search. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ස, ර, ්, ච, ්, එ, ක. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | සර්ච් එක |
| Read in Latin letters | sarc eka |
| Translation | search |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- සර්ච් එකsarc ekasearch
Why it looks that way
The bookish word means 'a search' in general, even the search for a missing person; the search bar is only 'the search eka'
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.
- සර්ච් එකෙන් හොයන්නsarc eken hoyannaFind it through search
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 “search” in Sinhala?
«සර්ච් එක», read “sarc eka”. In a live sentence: “සර්ච් එකෙන් හොයන්න” — Find it through search. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ස, ර, ්, ච, ්, එ, ක.
How is “සර්ච් එක” written in Latin letters?
sarc eka. 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 bookish word means 'a search' in general, even the search for a missing person; the search bar is only 'the search eka'. 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.