பழத்தோல்
“பழத்தோல்” (paḻattōl) — peel in Tamil. Noun, level A1. The skin word is the hide of a beast; for a fruit it is specified with the fruit word. On the island the peel is not thrown away — it goes to the cattle. In a live sentence: “பழத்தோல் கூடையில போடுங்க” — Throw the peel into the basket. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ப, ழ, த, ், த, ோ, ல, ்.
In short
| Written in Tamil | பழத்தோல் |
| Read in Latin letters | paḻattōl |
| Translation | peel |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- பழத்தோல்paḻattōlpeel
Why it looks that way
The skin word is the hide of a beast; for a fruit it is specified with the fruit word. On the island the peel is not thrown away — it goes to the cattle
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.
- பழத்தோல் கூடையில போடுங்கpaḻattōl kūḍaiyila pōḍuṅgaThrow the peel into the basket
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 “peel” in Tamil?
«பழத்தோல்», read “paḻattōl”. In a live sentence: “பழத்தோல் கூடையில போடுங்க” — Throw the peel into the basket. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ப, ழ, த, ், த, ோ, ல, ்.
How is “பழத்தோல்” written in Latin letters?
paḻattōl. 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 skin word is the hide of a beast; for a fruit it is specified with the fruit word. On the island the peel is not thrown away — it goes to the cattle. 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.