ವಚನ
Kannada
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit वचन (vacana).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editವಚನ • (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
editCase/Form | 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
editReferences
edit- Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ವಚನ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971