ಕವಾಯತು

Kannada

Alternative forms

  • ಕವಾತು (kavātu), ಕವಾಯತ (kavāyata), ಕವಾಯಿತು (kavāyitu)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قواعد (qawā'id), from Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid), plural of قَاعِدَة (qāʕida). Related to ಕಾಯ್ದೆ (kāyde). Compare Marathi कवाईत (kavāīt), Telugu కవాతు (kavātu).

Noun

ಕವಾಯತು • (kavāyatu) n

  1. drill (military exercise)

Declension

Case/Form Singular Plural
Nominative ಕವಾಯತು (kavāyatu) ಕವಾಯತುಗಳು (kavāyatugaḷu)
Accusative ಕವಾಯತನ್ನು (kavāyatannu) ಕವಾಯತುಗಳನ್ನು (kavāyatugaḷannu)
Instrumental ಕವಾಯತಿನಿಂದ (kavāyatininda) ಕವಾಯತುಗಳಿಂದ (kavāyatugaḷinda)
Dative ಕವಾಯತಿಗೆ (kavāyatige) ಕವಾಯತುಗಳಿಗೆ (kavāyatugaḷige)
Genitive ಕವಾಯತಿನ (kavāyatina) ಕವಾಯತುಗಳ (kavāyatugaḷa)

References

  • V. Krishna (2019) “ಕವಾಯಿತು”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary
  • Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಕವಾತು”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971, page 412
  • Učida, Norihiko, Rajapurohit, B. B. (2013) “ಕವಾಯಿತು”, in Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary, 3-11-1, Asahi-chō, Fuchū-shi, 183-8534, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, →ISBN, page 220, column 2.
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