ತೆಂಕಣ

Kannada

Etymology

Derived from Proto-South Dravidian *ten (“south”). Cognate with Tamil தெற்கு (teṟku), Malayalam തെക്ക് (tekkŭ).

The South Dravidian word is perhaps an ancient loanword from Middle Indo-Aryan *dakkhiṇa, ultimately going back to Sanskrit दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪eŋkɐɳɐ/

Noun

ತೆಂಕಣ • (teṅkaṇa)

1. south

Adjective

ತೆಂಕಣ • (teṅkaṇa)

1. southern

See also

compass points:  ^[edit]

ವಾಯುವ್ಯ (vāyuvya)	ಉತ್ತರ (uttara) ಬಡಗಣ (baḍagaṇa)	ಉತ್ತರಪೂರ್ವ (uttarapūrva)
ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ (paścima)		ಪೂರ್ವ (pūrva)
ನೈಋತ್ಯ (naiṛtya)	ದಕ್ಷಿಣ (dakṣiṇa) ತೆಂಕಣ (teṅkaṇa)	ಆಗ್ನೇಯ (āgnēya)

References

• Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ತೆಂಕಣ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971