Lingoflyவெயில்ல கருத்த நிறம்
- வெயில்ல கருத்த நிறம்veyilla karutta niṟamtan
“வெயில்ல கருத்த நிறம்” (veyilla karutta niṟam) — tan in Tamil. Noun, level A1. There could be no word: skin darkened by the sun here is not an adornment but the mark of work under the open sky. Literally 'the colour darkened by the sun'. In a live sentence: “கடற்கரையில ஒரு வாரம் இருந்ததில வெயில்ல கருத்த நிறம் வந்திட்டுது” (kaḍaṟkaraiyila oru vāram irundadila veyilla karuttu niṟam vandiṭṭudu) — After a week on the beach a tan appeared. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Tamil | வெயில்ல கருத்த நிறம் (veyilla karutta niṟam) |
| Read in Latin letters | veyilla karutta niṟam |
| Translation | tan |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
There could be no word: skin darkened by the sun here is not an adornment but the mark of work under the open sky. Literally 'the colour darkened by the sun'
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.
- கடற்கரையில ஒரு வாரம் இருந்ததில வெயில்ல கருத்த நிறம் வந்திட்டுதுkaḍaṟkaraiyila oru vāram irundadila veyilla karuttu niṟam vandiṭṭuduAfter a week on the beach a tan appeared
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 “tan” in Tamil?
«வெயில்ல கருத்த நிறம்» (veyilla karutta niṟam), read “veyilla karutta niṟam”. In a live sentence: “கடற்கரையில ஒரு வாரம் இருந்ததில வெயில்ல கருத்த நிறம் வந்திட்டுது” (kaḍaṟkaraiyila oru vāram irundadila veyilla karuttu niṟam vandiṭṭudu) — After a week on the beach a tan appeared. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters வ, ெ, ய, ி, ல, ், ல, க, ர, ு, த, ்…
How is “வெயில்ல கருத்த நிறம்” (veyilla karutta niṟam) written in Latin letters?
veyilla karutta niṟam. 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?
There could be no word: skin darkened by the sun here is not an adornment but the mark of work under the open sky. Literally 'the colour darkened by the sun'. 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.