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Where does “কর্ণাটক” come from?

কর্ণাটক (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit कर्णाटक, from Old Kannada ಕರ್ನಾಟ.

Ancestry of “কর্ণাটক”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकर्णाटक—
2Old Kannadaಕರ್ನಾಟ—
Every word from Old Kannada ಕರ್ನಾಟ →