ವಚನ
Kannada
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वचन (vacana).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɐt͡ʃɐn̪ɐ/
Noun
ವಚನ • (vacana)
- speaking, uttering, reciting, declaring, ordering; mentioning; naming
- a speech, word, expression, utterance, sentence, message; declaration, affirmation, promise
- pronunciation
- a text, dictum, aphorism, rule, precept, passage of a book or code
- a form of composition; prose form
- (grammar) meaning of a word
- (grammar) grammatical number
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ವಚನವು (vacanavu) | ವಚನಗಳು (vacanagaḷu) |
| accusative | ವಚನವನ್ನು (vacanavannu) | ವಚನಗಳನ್ನು (vacanagaḷannu) |
| instrumental | ವಚನದಿಂದ (vacanadinda) | ವಚನಗಳಿಂದ (vacanagaḷinda) |
| dative | ವಚನಕ್ಕೆ (vacanakke) | ವಚನಗಳಿಗೆ (vacanagaḷige) |
| genitive | ವಚನದ (vacanada) | ವಚನಗಳ (vacanagaḷa) |
Derived terms
- ವಚನತ್ರಯ (vacanatraya)
- ವಚನತ್ರಿತಯ (vacanatritaya)
- ವಚನದೋಷ (vacanadōṣa)
- ವಚನಭ್ರಷ್ಟ (vacanabhraṣṭa)
- ವಚನಮಾತ್ರ (vacanamātra)
- ವಚನವಿರೋಧ (vacanavirōdha)
- ವಚನಸ್ಥ (vacanastha)
References
- Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ವಚನ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971