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Where does “कर्णाटक” come from?

कर्णाटक (Sanskrit) comes from Old Kannada ಕರ್ನಾಟ.

Ancestry of “कर्णाटक”, step by step

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