சுற்றுலாத் தலம்
“சுற்றுலாத் தலம்” (suṟṟulāt talam) — tourist attraction in Tamil. Noun, level B1. sut-ru-laat ta-lam; the ttru is a short double tap, not a long tt. In a live sentence: “யாழ்ப்பாணத்தில பல சுற்றுலாத் தலம் இருக்கு” — There are many tourist attractions in Jaffna. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ச, ு, ற, ், ற, ு, ல, ா, த, ், த, ல. A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | சுற்றுலாத் தலம் |
| Read in Latin letters | suṟṟulāt talam |
| Translation | tourist attraction |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- சுற்றுலாத் தலம்suṟṟulāt talamtourist attraction
How to pronounce it
sut-ru-laat ta-lam; the ttru is a short double tap, not a long tt
Why it looks that way
sutru 'to circle' + ulaa 'a stroll' gives the tourism word; thalam is 'a place, a holy spot'. No separate word exists — just 'a place people go to see'
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.
- யாழ்ப்பாணத்தில பல சுற்றுலாத் தலம் இருக்குyāḻppāṇattila pala suṟṟulāt talam irukkuThere are many tourist attractions in Jaffna
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 “tourist attraction” in Tamil?
«சுற்றுலாத் தலம்», read “suṟṟulāt talam”. sut-ru-laat ta-lam; the ttru is a short double tap, not a long tt. In a live sentence: “யாழ்ப்பாணத்தில பல சுற்றுலாத் தலம் இருக்கு” — There are many tourist attractions in Jaffna. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ச, ு, ற, ், ற, ு, ல, ா, த, ், த, ல.
How is “சுற்றுலாத் தலம்” written in Latin letters?
suṟṟulāt talam. 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?
sutru 'to circle' + ulaa 'a stroll' gives the tourism word; thalam is 'a place, a holy spot'. No separate word exists — just 'a place people go to see'. 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.