Karnatakam, Karnāṭakam: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKarnāṭakam (கர்நாடகம்) noun < கருநாடகம். [karunadagam.]
1. See கன்னடம். [kannadam.]
2. The Carnatic, as ruled by the Nabobs; நவாபு ஆண்ட தென்தேசம். [navapu anda thenthesam.]
3. Pure South Indian music; தென்னாட்டுச் சங்கீதம். [thennattus sangitham.]
4. A musical mode; ஓர் இராகம். [or iragam.] (பரதசாஸ்திரம் இராக. [magaparatham iraga.] 55.)
5. Old fashion, an epithet applied in facetious disparagement, to a person of old-fashioned ways; பழமொழிைய மாதிரி. அவன் ஒரு கர்நாடக மனிதன். [pazhaiya mathiri. avan oru karnadaga manithan.] Colloq.
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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