Kannada

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कादंबरी (kādaṃbarī).

Noun

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ಕಾದಂಬರಿ (kādambari)

  1. a type of liquor
  2. the Kadambari, a Sanskrit romance written by Bāṇabhaṭṭa
  3. (by extension, neologism) novel; a work of prose fiction