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Kannada
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यवन (yavana).
Pronunciation
Noun
ಯವನ • (yavana)
- speed, velocity
- courser
- an Ionian, Greek, foreigner
- a Muslim
- (figurative) a follower of a religion of foreign origin
Declension
| Case/Form
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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ಯವನವು (yavanavu)
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ಯವನಗಳು (yavanagaḷu)
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| Accusative
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ಯವನವನ್ನು (yavanavannu)
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ಯವನಗಳನ್ನು (yavanagaḷannu)
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| Instrumental
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ಯವನದಿಂದ (yavanadinda)
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ಯವನಗಳಿಂದ (yavanagaḷinda)
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| Dative
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ಯವನಕ್ಕೆ (yavanakke)
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ಯವನಗಳಿಗೆ (yavanagaḷige)
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| Genitive
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ಯವನದ (yavanada)
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ಯವನಗಳ (yavanagaḷa)
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References
- V. Krishna (2019) “ಯವನ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha
- Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಯವನ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971