ஒயின் கிளாஸ்
“ஒயின் கிளாஸ்” (oyiṉ kiḷās) — wine glass in Tamil. Noun, level A1. The English wine glass whole. The thing has no native name: the vessel arrived with the drink. In a live sentence: “மேசையில ரெண்டு ஒயின் கிளாஸ் வையுங்க” — Put two wine glasses on the table. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ஒ, ய, ி, ன, ், க, ி, ள, ா, ஸ, ். A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | ஒயின் கிளாஸ் |
| Read in Latin letters | oyiṉ kiḷās |
| Translation | wine glass |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- ஒயின் கிளாஸ்oyiṉ kiḷāswine glass
Why it looks that way
The English wine glass whole. The thing has no native name: the vessel arrived with the drink
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.
- மேசையில ரெண்டு ஒயின் கிளாஸ் வையுங்கmēsaiyila reṇḍu oyiṉ kiḷās vaiyuṅgaPut two wine glasses on the table
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 “wine glass” in Tamil?
«ஒயின் கிளாஸ்», read “oyiṉ kiḷās”. In a live sentence: “மேசையில ரெண்டு ஒயின் கிளாஸ் வையுங்க” — Put two wine glasses on the table. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ஒ, ய, ி, ன, ், க, ி, ள, ா, ஸ, ்.
How is “ஒயின் கிளாஸ்” written in Latin letters?
oyiṉ kiḷās. 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?
The English wine glass whole. The thing has no native name: the vessel arrived with the drink. 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.