வேலை வெற்றிடம்
“வேலை வெற்றிடம்” (vēlai veṟṟiḍam) — job vacancy in Tamil. Noun, level B1. ve-lai vet-tri-dam; the ttr is a long doubled roll. In a live sentence: “எங்க அலுவலகத்தில ஒரு வேலை வெற்றிடம் இருக்கு” — There is a job vacancy at our office. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters வ, ே, ல, ை, வ, ெ, ற, ், ற, ி, ட, ம. A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | வேலை வெற்றிடம் |
| Read in Latin letters | vēlai veṟṟiḍam |
| Translation | job vacancy |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- வேலை வெற்றிடம்vēlai veṟṟiḍamjob vacancy
How to pronounce it
ve-lai vet-tri-dam; the ttr is a long doubled roll
Why it looks that way
vetridam is 'an empty place': a post nobody holds. In island newspapers the column bears 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.
- எங்க அலுவலகத்தில ஒரு வேலை வெற்றிடம் இருக்குeṅga aluvalagattila oru vēlai veṟṟiḍam irukkuThere is a job vacancy at our office
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 “job vacancy” in Tamil?
«வேலை வெற்றிடம்», read “vēlai veṟṟiḍam”. ve-lai vet-tri-dam; the ttr is a long doubled roll. In a live sentence: “எங்க அலுவலகத்தில ஒரு வேலை வெற்றிடம் இருக்கு” — There is a job vacancy at our office. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters வ, ே, ல, ை, வ, ெ, ற, ், ற, ி, ட, ம.
How is “வேலை வெற்றிடம்” written in Latin letters?
vēlai veṟṟiḍam. 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?
vetridam is 'an empty place': a post nobody holds. In island newspapers the column bears 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.