அனுமதி அட்டை
“அனுமதி அட்டை” (aṉumadi aṭṭai) — gate pass in Tamil. Noun, level B1. Anumadhi, 'permission', plus attai, 'card'. The same attai as in bank card. In a live sentence: “அனுமதி அட்டை காட்டி உள்ள போங்க” — Show the gate pass and come in. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters அ, ன, ு, ம, த, ி, அ, ட, ், ட, ை. A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | அனுமதி அட்டை |
| Read in Latin letters | aṉumadi aṭṭai |
| Translation | gate pass |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- அனுமதி அட்டைaṉumadi aṭṭaigate pass
Why it looks that way
Anumadhi, 'permission', plus attai, 'card'. The same attai as in bank card
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.
- அனுமதி அட்டை காட்டி உள்ள போங்கaṉumadi aṭṭai kāṭṭi uḷḷa pōṅgaShow the gate pass and come in
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 “gate pass” in Tamil?
«அனுமதி அட்டை», read “aṉumadi aṭṭai”. In a live sentence: “அனுமதி அட்டை காட்டி உள்ள போங்க” — Show the gate pass and come in. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters அ, ன, ு, ம, த, ி, அ, ட, ், ட, ை.
How is “அனுமதி அட்டை” written in Latin letters?
aṉumadi aṭṭai. 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?
Anumadhi, 'permission', plus attai, 'card'. The same attai as in bank card. 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.