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- விண்ணப்பதாரர்viṇṇappadārarcandidate
“விண்ணப்பதாரர்” (viṇṇappadārar) — candidate in Tamil. Noun, level B1. Literally 'the application holder'. The -dhaarar ending means 'the one who holds': a debtor is the debt holder. In a live sentence: “இந்த பதவிக்கு பத்து விண்ணப்பதாரர் இருந்தினம்” (inda padavikku pattu viṇṇappadārar irundiṉam) — There were ten candidates for this position. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters வ, ி, ண, ், ண, ப, ், ப, த, ா, ர, ர… A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | விண்ணப்பதாரர் (viṇṇappadārar) |
| Read in Latin letters | viṇṇappadārar |
| Translation | candidate |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the application holder'. The -dhaarar ending means 'the one who holds': a debtor is the debt holder
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 “candidate” in Tamil?
«விண்ணப்பதாரர்» (viṇṇappadārar), read “viṇṇappadārar”. In a live sentence: “இந்த பதவிக்கு பத்து விண்ணப்பதாரர் இருந்தினம்” (inda padavikku pattu viṇṇappadārar irundiṉam) — There were ten candidates for this position. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters வ, ி, ண, ், ண, ப, ், ப, த, ா, ர, ர…
How is “விண்ணப்பதாரர்” (viṇṇappadārar) written in Latin letters?
viṇṇappadārar. 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?
Literally 'the application holder'. The -dhaarar ending means 'the one who holds': a debtor is the debt holder. 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.