ಕನ್ನಡ

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Kannada

Etymology

Likely from ಕಱೆ (kaṟe, blackness) +‎ ನಾಡು (nāḍu, country), literally “the land of black soil”.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)

  1. the Kannada language
    ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆಯ ವೈಭವವು ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಕಾಲದಿಂದ ಮಿಂಚಿದೆ.
    kannaḍa bhāṣeya vaibhavavu prācīna kāladinda miñcide.
    The splendor of the Kannada language has shone since the ancient era.

Declension

Case/Form Singular Plural
Nominative ಕನ್ನಡವು (kannaḍavu) ಕನ್ನಡಗಳು (kannaḍagaḷu)
Accusative ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನು (kannaḍavannu) ಕನ್ನಡಗಳನ್ನು (kannaḍagaḷannu)
Instrumental ಕನ್ನಡದಿಂದ (kannaḍadinda) ಕನ್ನಡಗಳಿಂದ (kannaḍagaḷinda)
Dative ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ (kannaḍakke) ಕನ್ನಡಗಳಿಗೆ (kannaḍagaḷige)
Genitive ಕನ್ನಡದ (kannaḍada) ಕನ್ನಡಗಳ (kannaḍagaḷa)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 21.