சுங்க வரி
“சுங்க வரி” (suṅga vari) — customs duty in Tamil. Noun, level B1. sungam is the customs. The duty at the border is paid under exactly this name. In a live sentence: “இந்த பொருளுக்கு சுங்க வரி கட்டணும்” — Customs duty must be paid on this item. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ச, ு, ங, ், க, வ, ர, ி. A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | சுங்க வரி |
| Read in Latin letters | suṅga vari |
| Translation | customs duty |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- சுங்க வரிsuṅga varicustoms duty
Why it looks that way
sungam is the customs. The duty at the border is paid under exactly this name
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.
- இந்த பொருளுக்கு சுங்க வரி கட்டணும்inda poruḷukku suṅga vari kaṭṭaṇumCustoms duty must be paid on this item
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 “customs duty” in Tamil?
«சுங்க வரி», read “suṅga vari”. In a live sentence: “இந்த பொருளுக்கு சுங்க வரி கட்டணும்” — Customs duty must be paid on this item. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ச, ு, ங, ், க, வ, ர, ி.
How is “சுங்க வரி” written in Latin letters?
suṅga vari. 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?
sungam is the customs. The duty at the border is paid under exactly this name. 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.