Lingoflyசாரதி அனுமதிப் பத்திரம்
- சாரதி அனுமதிப் பத்திரம்sāradi aṉumadip pattiramdriving licence
“சாரதி அனுமதிப் பத்திரம்” (sāradi aṉumadip pattiram) — driving licence in Tamil. Noun, level A2. A Lankan official turn: 'driver' plus 'permission'. In speech — the English 'licence'. In a live sentence: “சாரதி அனுமதிப் பத்திரம் காட்டுங்கோ” (sāradi aṉumadip pattiram kāṭṭuṅgō) — Show your driving licence. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ச, ா, ர, த, ி, அ, ன, ு, ம, த, ி, ப… A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Tamil | சாரதி அனுமதிப் பத்திரம் (sāradi aṉumadip pattiram) |
| Read in Latin letters | sāradi aṉumadip pattiram |
| Translation | driving licence |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
A Lankan official turn: 'driver' plus 'permission'. In speech — the English 'licence'
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.
- சாரதி அனுமதிப் பத்திரம் காட்டுங்கோsāradi aṉumadip pattiram kāṭṭuṅgōShow your driving licence
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 “driving licence” in Tamil?
«சாரதி அனுமதிப் பத்திரம்» (sāradi aṉumadip pattiram), read “sāradi aṉumadip pattiram”. In a live sentence: “சாரதி அனுமதிப் பத்திரம் காட்டுங்கோ” (sāradi aṉumadip pattiram kāṭṭuṅgō) — Show your driving licence. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ச, ா, ர, த, ி, அ, ன, ு, ம, த, ி, ப…
How is “சாரதி அனுமதிப் பத்திரம்” (sāradi aṉumadip pattiram) written in Latin letters?
sāradi aṉumadip pattiram. 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?
A Lankan official turn: 'driver' plus 'permission'. In speech — the English 'licence'. 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.