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Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वतः (svataḥ).
ಸ್ವತಃ • (svataḥ)
- by oneself
- Synonyms: ಸ್ವಯಂ (svayaṃ), ತಾನೇ (tānē)
ಗೌರವಾನ್ವಿತ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯು ಸ್ವತಃ ಜಗಳಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.- gauravānvita vyaktiyu svataḥ jagaḷagaḷannu prārambhisuvudilla.
- A respectable person does not start fights by himself.
- personally
ಸ್ವತಃ • (svataḥ)
- reflexive pronoun: oneself
- V. Krishna (2019) “ಸ್ವತಃ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha