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Learn a Tamil word each day with its script, romanisation, meaning and a full example sentence, plus a saved streak.
A Tamil word-of-the-day deck of 30 curated words, each with its Tamil script spelling, a romanised reading, the part of speech, an example sentence and a note on the root or a related classical usage. The card is selected by the calendar date rather than at random, so the same date always yields the same word. A streak counter is stored in your own browser.
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Headwords and examples appear in Tamil script and in roman, so beginners are not locked out.
Notes trace words to their roots and point out related forms such as அறிவு and அறிவியல்.
The word depends only on the calendar date, so a study group can follow the same card.
The letter ழ is a retroflex approximant with no English equivalent — the tongue curls back without touching the roof of the mouth. It appears in words like மகிழ்ச்சி and in தமிழ் itself, and is a sound Tamil shares with Malayalam but not with most other Indian languages.
Tamil is diglossic: the formal written variety differs noticeably from everyday spoken Tamil in verb endings and vocabulary. The example sentences here use standard written Tamil, which is what appears in books, news and exams.
No. The word is derived from the calendar date, so it stays the same all day and is the same for every visitor on that date, regardless of timezone or device.
In this browser only, using local storage. It is never uploaded, so clearing site data or moving to another device starts the streak from zero again.