Lingoflyදත් පිරිසිදු කිරීම
- දත් පිරිසිදු කිරීමdat pirisidu kirīmadental cleaning
“දත් පිරිසිදු කිරීම” (dat pirisidu kirīma) — dental cleaning in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. About the chair, not the brush at home: what's done in the chair is also called 'scaling'. pirisidu is clean. In a live sentence: “අවුරුද්දකට වතාවක් දත් පිරිසිදු කිරීම කරන්න” (avuruddakaṭa vatāvak dat pirisidu kirīma karanna) — Get a dental cleaning once a year. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | දත් පිරිසිදු කිරීම (dat pirisidu kirīma) |
| Read in Latin letters | dat pirisidu kirīma |
| Translation | dental cleaning |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
About the chair, not the brush at home: what's done in the chair is also called 'scaling'. pirisidu is clean
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.
- අවුරුද්දකට වතාවක් දත් පිරිසිදු කිරීම කරන්නavuruddakaṭa vatāvak dat pirisidu kirīma karannaGet a dental cleaning once a year
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 “dental cleaning” in Sinhala?
«දත් පිරිසිදු කිරීම» (dat pirisidu kirīma), read “dat pirisidu kirīma”. In a live sentence: “අවුරුද්දකට වතාවක් දත් පිරිසිදු කිරීම කරන්න” (avuruddakaṭa vatāvak dat pirisidu kirīma karanna) — Get a dental cleaning once a year. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ද, ත, ්, ප, ි, ර, ි, ස, ි, ද, ු, ක…
How is “දත් පිරිසිදු කිරීම” (dat pirisidu kirīma) written in Latin letters?
dat pirisidu kirīma. 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?
About the chair, not the brush at home: what's done in the chair is also called 'scaling'. pirisidu is clean. 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.