සෝලාර් පැනල් එක
“සෝලාර් පැනල් එක” (sōlār pænal eka) — solar panel in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. English solar panel: on the island they go on the roof against power cuts, and no native word ever sprouted. In a live sentence: “ගේ උඩ සෝලාර් පැනල් තියෙනවා” — There are solar panels on the roof of the house. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ස, ෝ, ල, ා, ර, ්, ප, ැ, න, ල, ්, එ.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | සෝලාර් පැනල් එක |
| Read in Latin letters | sōlār pænal eka |
| Translation | solar panel |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- සෝලාර් පැනල් එකsōlār pænal ekasolar panel
Why it looks that way
English solar panel: on the island they go on the roof against power cuts, and no native word ever sprouted
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.
- ගේ උඩ සෝලාර් පැනල් තියෙනවාgē uḍa sōlār pænal tiyenavāThere are solar panels on the roof of the house
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 “solar panel” in Sinhala?
«සෝලාර් පැනල් එක», read “sōlār pænal eka”. In a live sentence: “ගේ උඩ සෝලාර් පැනල් තියෙනවා” — There are solar panels on the roof of the house. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ස, ෝ, ල, ා, ර, ්, ප, ැ, න, ල, ්, එ.
How is “සෝලාර් පැනල් එක” written in Latin letters?
sōlār pænal 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?
English solar panel: on the island they go on the roof against power cuts, and no native word ever sprouted. 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.