ತೆಂಕಣ
Kannada
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Proto-South Dravidian *ten (“south”). Cognate with Tamil தெற்கு (teṟku), Malayalam തെക്ക് (tekkŭ).[1]
The South Dravidian word is perhaps an ancient loanword from Middle Indo-Aryan *dakkhiṇa, ultimately going back to Sanskrit दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ತೆಂಕಣ • (teṅkaṇa)
Adjective
[edit]ತೆಂಕಣ • (teṅkaṇa)
See also
[edit]- (compass points)
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References
[edit]- Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ತೆಂಕಣ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971