Lingoflyஒரு வழி டிக்கட்
- ஒரு வழி டிக்கட்oru vaḻi ṭikkaṭone-way ticket
“ஒரு வழி டிக்கட்” (oru vaḻi ṭikkaṭ) — one-way ticket in Tamil. Noun, level A2. O-ru va-li tik-kat; the zh is that very curled-back sound from the word Tamil. In a live sentence: “ஒரு வழி டிக்கட் ஒண்டு தாங்கோ” (oru vaḻi ṭikkaṭ oṇḍu tāṅgō) — Give me one one-way ticket. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ஒ, ர, ு, வ, ழ, ி, ட, ி, க, ், க, ட… A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Tamil | ஒரு வழி டிக்கட் (oru vaḻi ṭikkaṭ) |
| Read in Latin letters | oru vaḻi ṭikkaṭ |
| Translation | one-way ticket |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
o-ru va-li tik-kat; the zh is that very curled-back sound from the word Tamil
Why it looks that way
The middle word is 'way, direction', not the road surface
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.
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 “one-way ticket” in Tamil?
«ஒரு வழி டிக்கட்» (oru vaḻi ṭikkaṭ), read “oru vaḻi ṭikkaṭ”. O-ru va-li tik-kat; the zh is that very curled-back sound from the word Tamil. In a live sentence: “ஒரு வழி டிக்கட் ஒண்டு தாங்கோ” (oru vaḻi ṭikkaṭ oṇḍu tāṅgō) — Give me one one-way ticket. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ஒ, ர, ு, வ, ழ, ி, ட, ி, க, ், க, ட…
How is “ஒரு வழி டிக்கட்” (oru vaḻi ṭikkaṭ) written in Latin letters?
oru vaḻi ṭikkaṭ. 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?
The middle word is 'way, direction', not the road surface. 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 this 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.