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Where does “ನಾಟ” come from?

ನಾಟ (Old Kannada) comes from Proto-Dravidian nāṭu — state, province, district, kingdom.

ನಾಟ (Old Kannada): land

Definitions

  1. land

Ancestry of “ನಾಟ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidiannāṭustate, province, district, kingdom

Words derived from “ನಾಟ”

  • Kannada
  • Canara
  • Canarese
  • కన్నడము
  • कन्नड़
  • ನಾಡು
  • ಕನ್ನಡ
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