ನೆಲ

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Kannada

Etymology

Cognate to Tamil ஞாலம் (ñālam), Malayalam ഞാലം (ñālaṁ), and Telugu నేల (nēla).

Pronunciation

Noun

ನೆಲ (nela)

  1. earth, land, soil

Declension

Case/Form Singular Plural
Nominative ನೆಲವು (nelavu) ನೆಲಗಳು (nelagaḷu)
Accusative ನೆಲವನ್ನು (nelavannu) ನೆಲಗಳನ್ನು (nelagaḷannu)
Instrumental ನೆಲದಿಂದ (neladinda) ನೆಲಗಳಿಂದ (nelagaḷinda)
Dative ನೆಲಕ್ಕೆ (nelakke) ನೆಲಗಳಿಗೆ (nelagaḷige)
Genitive ನೆಲದ (nelada) ನೆಲಗಳ (nelagaḷa)

References

  • V. Krishna (2019) “ನೆಲ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha
  • Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ನೆಲ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971