ವಚನ

Kannada

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वचन (vacana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɐt͡ʃɐn̪ɐ/

Noun

ವಚನ • (vacana)

  1. speaking, uttering, reciting, declaring, ordering; mentioning; naming
  2. a speech, word, expression, utterance, sentence, message; declaration, affirmation, promise
  3. pronunciation
  4. a text, dictum, aphorism, rule, precept, passage of a book or code
  5. a form of composition; prose form
  6. (grammar) meaning of a word
  7. (grammar) grammatical number

Declension

Case/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

  • 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
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