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Kannada
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कष्ट (kaṣṭa).
Pronunciation
Noun
ಕಷ್ಟ • (kaṣṭa)
- difficult, difficulty
- Synonym: ಕಠಿಣ (kaṭhiṇa)
- problem, trouble
ನಾನು ಕಷ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದೇನೆ- nānu kaṣṭadalliddēne
- I am in trouble.
Declension
| Case/Form
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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ಕಷ್ಟವು (kaṣṭavu)
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ಕಷ್ಟಗಳು (kaṣṭagaḷu)
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| Accusative
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ಕಷ್ಟವನ್ನು (kaṣṭavannu)
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ಕಷ್ಟಗಳನ್ನು (kaṣṭagaḷannu)
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| Instrumental
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ಕಷ್ಟದಿಂದ (kaṣṭadinda)
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ಕಷ್ಟಗಳಿಂದ (kaṣṭagaḷinda)
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| Dative
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ಕಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ (kaṣṭakke)
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ಕಷ್ಟಗಳಿಗೆ (kaṣṭagaḷige)
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| Genitive
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ಕಷ್ಟದ (kaṣṭada)
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ಕಷ್ಟಗಳ (kaṣṭagaḷa)
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References
- V. Krishna (2019) “ಕಷ್ಟ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha
- Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಕಷ್ಟ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971