ವರ್ಣ

Kannada

Alternative forms

ಬಣ್ಣ (baṇṇa) (tadbhava)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ವರ್ಣ (varṇa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɐɾɳɐ/

Noun

ವರ್ಣ • (varṇa) ?

(literary) color

Derived terms

ವರ್ಣಭೇದ (varṇabhēda, “racism”)

References

Kittel, Ferdinand (1894), “ವರ್ಣ [varṇa]”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971, page 1458