ತೆಂಕಣ
Kannada
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /t̪eŋkɐɳɐ/
Noun
ತೆಂಕಣ • (teṅkaṇa)
Adjective
ತೆಂಕಣ • (teṅkaṇa)
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
- ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 391.
- ^ Aiyar, R. Swaminatha (1975) Dravidian Theories, Motilal Banarsidass, page 296
- Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ತೆಂಕಣ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971