மருந்தாளர்
“மருந்தாளர்” (marundāḷar) — pharmacist in Tamil. Noun, level A1. From 'medicine'. Behind the counter people also use the English: the pharmacy on the island is signed 'Pharmacy' more often than in Tamil. In a live sentence: “மருந்தாளரிட்ட கேட்டுப் பாருங்க” — Ask the pharmacist. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ம, ர, ு, ந, ், த, ா, ள, ர, ். A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | மருந்தாளர் |
| Read in Latin letters | marundāḷar |
| Translation | pharmacist |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- மருந்தாளர்marundāḷarpharmacist
Why it looks that way
From 'medicine'. Behind the counter people also use the English: the pharmacy on the island is signed 'Pharmacy' more often than in Tamil
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.
- மருந்தாளரிட்ட கேட்டுப் பாருங்கmarundāḷariṭṭa kēṭṭup pāruṅgaAsk the pharmacist
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 “pharmacist” in Tamil?
«மருந்தாளர்», read “marundāḷar”. In a live sentence: “மருந்தாளரிட்ட கேட்டுப் பாருங்க” — Ask the pharmacist. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ம, ர, ு, ந, ், த, ா, ள, ர, ்.
How is “மருந்தாளர்” written in Latin letters?
marundāḷar. 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?
From 'medicine'. Behind the counter people also use the English: the pharmacy on the island is signed 'Pharmacy' more often than in Tamil. 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.