வரி திணைக்களம்
“வரி திணைக்களம்” (vari tiṇaikkaḷam) — tax office in Tamil. Noun, level B1. va-ri ti-naik-ka-lam; the n is retroflex and the l is retroflex — two different curls in a row. In a live sentence: “வரி திணைக்களத்தில ஒரு படிவம் நிரப்பினன்” — At the tax office I filled in a form. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters வ, ர, ி, த, ி, ண, ை, க, ், க, ள, ம. A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | வரி திணைக்களம் |
| Read in Latin letters | vari tiṇaikkaḷam |
| Translation | tax office |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- வரி திணைக்களம்vari tiṇaikkaḷamtax office
How to pronounce it
va-ri ti-naik-ka-lam; the n is retroflex and the l is retroflex — two different curls in a row
Why it looks that way
thinaikkalam, 'a department, a board', is a purely island word; Tamil Nadu would call it by the sphere word. The tax word you know
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.
- வரி திணைக்களத்தில ஒரு படிவம் நிரப்பினன்vari tiṇaikkaḷattila oru paḍivam nirappiṉaṉAt the tax office I filled in a form
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 “tax office” in Tamil?
«வரி திணைக்களம்», read “vari tiṇaikkaḷam”. va-ri ti-naik-ka-lam; the n is retroflex and the l is retroflex — two different curls in a row. In a live sentence: “வரி திணைக்களத்தில ஒரு படிவம் நிரப்பினன்” — At the tax office I filled in a form. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters வ, ர, ி, த, ி, ண, ை, க, ், க, ள, ம.
How is “வரி திணைக்களம்” written in Latin letters?
vari tiṇaikkaḷam. 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?
thinaikkalam, 'a department, a board', is a purely island word; Tamil Nadu would call it by the sphere word. The tax word you know. 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.