சத்திரசிகிச்சை
“சத்திரசிகிச்சை” (sattirasikiccai) — operation in Tamil. Noun, level A2. sat-ti-ra-si-gich-chai; the tt and the ch are both long. In a live sentence: “அவருக்கு நாளைக்கு சத்திரசிகிச்சை” — He has an operation tomorrow. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ச, த, ், த, ி, ர, ச, ி, க, ி, ச, ். A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Tamil | சத்திரசிகிச்சை |
| Read in Latin letters | sattirasikiccai |
| Translation | operation |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- சத்திரசிகிச்சைsattirasikiccaioperation
How to pronounce it
sat-ti-ra-si-gich-chai; the tt and the ch are both long
Why it looks that way
saththiram 'a knife' + treatment: long, so in speech people say the English 'operation'
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.
- அவருக்கு நாளைக்கு சத்திரசிகிச்சைavarukku nāḷaikku sattirasikiccaiHe has an operation tomorrow
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 “operation” in Tamil?
«சத்திரசிகிச்சை», read “sattirasikiccai”. sat-ti-ra-si-gich-chai; the tt and the ch are both long. In a live sentence: “அவருக்கு நாளைக்கு சத்திரசிகிச்சை” — He has an operation tomorrow. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ச, த, ், த, ி, ர, ச, ி, க, ி, ச, ்.
How is “சத்திரசிகிச்சை” written in Latin letters?
sattirasikiccai. 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?
saththiram 'a knife' + treatment: long, so in speech people say the English 'operation'. 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.