ನೆಲ

Kannada

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̪elɐ/

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