ಯವನ
Kannada
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यवन (yavana).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɐʋɐn̪ɐ/
Noun
ಯವನ • (yavana)
- speed, velocity
- courser
- an Ionian, Greek, foreigner
- a Muslim
- (figurative) a follower of a religion of foreign origin
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ಯವನವು (yavanavu) | ಯವನಗಳು (yavanagaḷu) |
| accusative | ಯವನವನ್ನು (yavanavannu) | ಯವನಗಳನ್ನು (yavanagaḷannu) |
| instrumental | ಯವನದಿಂದ (yavanadinda) | ಯವನಗಳಿಂದ (yavanagaḷinda) |
| dative | ಯವನಕ್ಕೆ (yavanakke) | ಯವನಗಳಿಗೆ (yavanagaḷige) |
| genitive | ಯವನದ (yavanada) | ಯವನಗಳ (yavanagaḷa) |
References
- V. Krishna (2019) “ಯವನ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha
- Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಯವನ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971