වතුර බිංදුව
“වතුර බිංදුව” (vatura biṁduva) — a drop in Sinhala. Noun, level A2. Named after water for a reason: the bare drop word means 'zero' — in Sinhala it's one word. Medicine drops take it too, but here the word is taken for water. In a live sentence: “වහලෙන් වතුර බිංදුවක් වැටෙනවා” — A drop of water falls from the roof. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ව, ත, ු, ර, බ, ි, ං, ද, ු, ව.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | වතුර බිංදුව |
| Read in Latin letters | vatura biṁduva |
| Translation | a drop |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- වතුර බිංදුවvatura biṁduvaa drop
Why it looks that way
Named after water for a reason: the bare drop word means 'zero' — in Sinhala it's one word. Medicine drops take it too, but here the word is taken for water
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.
- වහලෙන් වතුර බිංදුවක් වැටෙනවාvahalen vatura biṁduvak væṭenavāA drop of water falls from the roof
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 “a drop” in Sinhala?
«වතුර බිංදුව», read “vatura biṁduva”. In a live sentence: “වහලෙන් වතුර බිංදුවක් වැටෙනවා” — A drop of water falls from the roof. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ව, ත, ු, ර, බ, ි, ං, ද, ු, ව.
How is “වතුර බිංදුව” written in Latin letters?
vatura biṁduva. 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?
Named after water for a reason: the bare drop word means 'zero' — in Sinhala it's one word. Medicine drops take it too, but here the word is taken for water. 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 this 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.