வீதி அடையாளம்
“வீதி அடையாளம்” (vīdi aḍaiyāḷam) — road sign in Tamil. Noun, level A2. On the island a road is veedhi, Tamil Nadu more often says another word. adaiyaalam, 'a token, an identifying mark', is the same word as in the identity card. In a live sentence: “அந்த வீதி அடையாளம் என்ன சொல்லுது?” — What does that road sign say? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters வ, ீ, த, ி, அ, ட, ை, ய, ா, ள, ம, ்.
In short
| Written in Tamil | வீதி அடையாளம் |
| Read in Latin letters | vīdi aḍaiyāḷam |
| Translation | road sign |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- வீதி அடையாளம்vīdi aḍaiyāḷamroad sign
Why it looks that way
On the island a road is veedhi, Tamil Nadu more often says another word. adaiyaalam, 'a token, an identifying mark', is the same word as in the identity card
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.
- அந்த வீதி அடையாளம் என்ன சொல்லுது?anda vīdi aḍaiyāḷam eṉṉa solludu?What does that road sign say?
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 “road sign” in Tamil?
«வீதி அடையாளம்», read “vīdi aḍaiyāḷam”. In a live sentence: “அந்த வீதி அடையாளம் என்ன சொல்லுது?” — What does that road sign say? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters வ, ீ, த, ி, அ, ட, ை, ய, ா, ள, ம, ்.
How is “வீதி அடையாளம்” written in Latin letters?
vīdi aḍaiyāḷam. 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?
On the island a road is veedhi, Tamil Nadu more often says another word. adaiyaalam, 'a token, an identifying mark', is the same word as in the identity card. 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.