விசாவின் செல்லுபடி காலம்
“விசாவின் செல்லுபடி காலம்” (visāviṉ sellubaḍi kālam) — visa validity period in Tamil. Noun, level B1. sellubadi, 'having currency, valid', comes from 'to go, to hold good'. An expired document 'does not become valid'. In a live sentence: “விசாவின் செல்லுபடி காலம் முடிஞ்சிட்டுது” — The visa validity period has expired. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters வ, ி, ச, ா, வ, ி, ன, ், ச, ெ, ல, ். A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | விசாவின் செல்லுபடி காலம் |
| Read in Latin letters | visāviṉ sellubaḍi kālam |
| Translation | visa validity period |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- விசாவின் செல்லுபடி காலம்visāviṉ sellubaḍi kālamvisa validity period
Why it looks that way
sellubadi, 'having currency, valid', comes from 'to go, to hold good'. An expired document 'does not become valid'
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.
- விசாவின் செல்லுபடி காலம் முடிஞ்சிட்டுதுvisāviṉ sellubaḍi kālam muḍiñciṭṭuduThe visa validity period has expired
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 “visa validity period” in Tamil?
«விசாவின் செல்லுபடி காலம்», read “visāviṉ sellubaḍi kālam”. In a live sentence: “விசாவின் செல்லுபடி காலம் முடிஞ்சிட்டுது” — The visa validity period has expired. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters வ, ி, ச, ா, வ, ி, ன, ், ச, ெ, ல, ்.
How is “விசாவின் செல்லுபடி காலம்” written in Latin letters?
visāviṉ sellubaḍi kālam. 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?
sellubadi, 'having currency, valid', comes from 'to go, to hold good'. An expired document 'does not become valid'. 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.