Etymology

kana

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Today it means: The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji. Full definition →

Japanese 香菜
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kana · noun1

Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values).

Kana · proper noun2

  1. Japanese · borrowed from香菜
  2. English todayKana

Borrowed from Japanese 香菜 (Kana).

Kana · proper noun3

  1. Tamil · borrowed fromகனா
  2. Czech · borrowed fromKáňa
  3. English todayKana

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Czech Káňa, a variant of Kan. * Borrowed from Tamil கனா (kaṉā); this surname is predominantly found in Tamil Nadu.

Kana · proper noun4

  1. dz · borrowed fromབཀར་ན་
  2. English todayKana

Borrowed from Dzongkha བཀར་ན་ (bkar na).

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