ಕನಸು

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Kannada

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Etymology

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From Proto-Dravidian *kan-acV (“dream”). Cognate with Tamil கனவு (kaṉavu), Malayalam കിനാവ് (kināvŭ), Tulu ಕನ (kana).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɐn̪ɐsu/
  • Hyphenation: ಕ‧ನ‧ಸು
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

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ಕನಸು • (kanasu) n

  1. dream
    Synonym: ಸ್ವಪ್ನ (svapna)
    ನಾವೆಷ್ಟೇ ಒಡಂಬಡಿಸಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಿದರೂ ತನ್ನ ಕನಸು ನಿಜವಲ್ಲವೆಂದು ನಮ್ಮ ತಂದೆ ಗ್ರಹಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ.
    nāveṣṭē oḍambaḍisalu prayatnisidarū tanna kanasu nijavallavendu namma tande grahisalilla.
    No matter how much we tried to persuade him, our father did not grasp that his dream was not real.

Declension

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Case/Form Singular Plural
Nominative ಕನಸು (kanasu) ಕನಸುಗಳು (kanasugaḷu)
Accusative ಕನಸನ್ನು (kanasannu) ಕನಸುಗಳನ್ನು (kanasugaḷannu)
Instrumental ಕನಸಿನಿಂದ (kanasininda) ಕನಸುಗಳಿಂದ (kanasugaḷinda)
Dative ಕನಸಿಗೆ (kanasige) ಕನಸುಗಳಿಗೆ (kanasugaḷige)
Genitive ಕನಸಿನ (kanasina) ಕನಸುಗಳ (kanasugaḷa)

Further reading

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  • V. Krishna (2019) “ಕನಸು”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha
  • Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಕನಸು”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971, page 380
  • Učida, Norihiko, Rajapurohit, B. B. (2013) Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary, 3-11-1, Asahi-chō, Fuchū-shi, 183-8534, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, →ISBN, page 206, column 1.
  • Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kaṉā,+kaṉavu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131.
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