துணைத் தூதரகம்
“துணைத் தூதரகம்” (tuṇait tūdaragam) — consulate in Tamil. Noun, level B1. You know the embassy word; thunai, 'auxiliary', turns it into a consulate. On the island most countries keep one embassy in Colombo and no consulate at all. In a live sentence: “துணைத் தூதரகம் திங்கள் முதல் வெள்ளி வரை திறந்திருக்கும்” — The consulate is open from Monday to Friday. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters த, ு, ண, ை, த, ், த, ூ, த, ர, க, ம.
In short
| Written in Tamil | துணைத் தூதரகம் |
| Read in Latin letters | tuṇait tūdaragam |
| Translation | consulate |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- துணைத் தூதரகம்tuṇait tūdaragamconsulate
Why it looks that way
You know the embassy word; thunai, 'auxiliary', turns it into a consulate. On the island most countries keep one embassy in Colombo and no consulate at all
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.
- துணைத் தூதரகம் திங்கள் முதல் வெள்ளி வரை திறந்திருக்கும்tuṇait tūdaragam tiṅgaḷ mudal veḷḷi varai tiṟandirukkumThe consulate is open from Monday to Friday
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 “consulate” in Tamil?
«துணைத் தூதரகம்», read “tuṇait tūdaragam”. In a live sentence: “துணைத் தூதரகம் திங்கள் முதல் வெள்ளி வரை திறந்திருக்கும்” — The consulate is open from Monday to Friday. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters த, ு, ண, ை, த, ், த, ூ, த, ர, க, ம.
How is “துணைத் தூதரகம்” written in Latin letters?
tuṇait tūdaragam. 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?
You know the embassy word; thunai, 'auxiliary', turns it into a consulate. On the island most countries keep one embassy in Colombo and no consulate at all. 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.