Kannada

noun

Kan·​na·​da ˈkä-nə-də How to pronounce Kannada (audio)
also
ˈka- How to pronounce Kannada (audio)
: the major Dravidian language of Karnataka, southern India

Examples of Kannada in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The next three Indian languages that commissions are likely to be in are Bengali, Marathi and Kannada. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024 All the films will also be available in versions dubbed in the other three southern Indian languages — Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada — and in most cases in northern Indian language Hindi as well. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024 All the films will also be available in versions dubbed in the other three southern Indian languages — Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada — and in most cases in northern Indian language Hindi as well. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Jan. 2024 In truth, Sabu, whose mother tongue was Kannada, was reciting his lines phonetically. Hazlitt, 29 Nov. 2023 Reinterpretations are in the Kannada, Zulu, Mandarin, Armenian, Pashto, Urdu and Hindi languages, among others. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Aug. 2023 The cast also includes Nora Fatehi, Meenakshi Chowdary, Naveen Chandra, Kannada Kishore, Ajay Ghosh, Mime Gopi, Roopalakshmi, Vijayrama Raju, Jagadeesh and Raj Thirandas. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2023 Nice to Know: Sastry also speaks Hindi and Kannada. Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 11 May 2023 The film will be released in India on June 2, 2023 in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Bengali versions. Patrick Frater, Variety, 8 May 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Kannada kannaḍa

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Kannada was in 1856

Dictionary Entries Near Kannada

Cite this Entry

“Kannada.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kannada. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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