Karnataka

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/kəɹˈnɑːtəkə//kɑːɹˈnɑːtəkə/

proper noun

A state in southern India. Capital and largest city: Bengaluru.

Similar
Mysore
OriginKannada ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ →
Less commonScrabble 17
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A state in southern India. Capital and largest city: Bengaluru.
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    Tamil Nadu is the second biggest market for small business credit, accounting for 9.3% of the national total, as per a joint report by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and credit bureau CRIF High Mark. As of June 30, 2025, Tamil Nadu had an outstanding small business credit portfolio of about ₹4.21 lakh crore, up 15.7% from ₹3.64 lakh crore as of June 30 2024, the report said. Maharashtra remained the largest market with ₹6.0 lakh crore in outstanding credit, while Tamil Nadu, Gujarat (₹3.69 lakh crore), Uttar Pradesh (₹3.61 lakh crore), and Karnataka (₹3.18 lakh crore) round out the top five by portfolio size. Uttar Pradesh registered highest outstanding portfolio growth of 20.7% on a year-on-year basis. The report defines "Small Business" as those businesses that have an aggregated credit exposure not exceeding ₹5 crore from the formal lending system.

    2025 September 8, Sanjay Vijayakumar, “Tamil Nadu second biggest market for small business credit: study”, in The Hindu, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2025

    Synonyms: Mysore

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA state in southern India. Capital and largest city: Bengaluru.

Similar
Mysore

Origin

  1. Kannadaಕರು“elevated”
  2. Kannadaಕರ್ನಾಟಕ
  3. EnglishKarnataka

Borrowed from Kannada ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ (karnāṭaka). Though several etymologies have been suggested for the name Karnataka, the generally accepted one is that Karnataka is derived from Kannada ಕರು (karu, “elevated”) and ನಾಡು (nāḍu, “land”). ಕರುನಾಡು (karunāḍu) may also be read as "black region", as a reference to the black soil found in the Bayalu Seeme region of the state.

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Translations

Arabic كَارْنَاتَاكَا
  • كَارْنَاتَاكَا (kārnātākā)state in southern India
Basque Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Bengali কর্ণাটক
  • কর্ণাটক (kornaṭok)state in southern India
Bulgarian Карна́така
  • Карна́така (Karnátaka)state in southern India
Catalan Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Chinese Mandarin 卡納塔克邦 /卡纳塔克邦
  • 卡納塔克邦 /卡纳塔克邦 (Kǎnàtǎkè-bāng)state in southern India
Czech Karnátaka
  • Karnátakastate in southern India
Danish Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Dutch Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Esperanto Karnatako
  • Karnatakostate in southern India
Estonian Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Finnish Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
French Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
German Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Greek Καρνάτακα
  • Καρνάτακα (Karnátaka)state in southern India
Hebrew קארנאטקה
  • קארנאטקהstate in southern India
Hindi कर्नाटक, कर्णाटक
  • कर्नाटक (karnāṭak)state in southern India
  • कर्णाटक (karṇāṭak)state in southern India
  • कर्णाट (karṇāṭ)state in southern India
  • करनाटक (karnāṭak)state in southern India
Hungarian Karnátaka
  • Karnátakastate in southern India
Indonesian Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Italian Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Japanese カルナータカ州, カルナータカ
  • カルナータカ州 (Karunātaka shū)state in southern India
  • カルナータカ (Karunātaka)state in southern India
Korean 카르나타카 주, 카르나타카
  • 카르나타카 주 (Kareunataka ju)state in southern India
  • 카르나타카 (Kareunataka)state in southern India
Latin Carnatica
  • Carnaticastate in southern India
Latvian Karnātaka
  • Karnātakastate in southern India
Lithuanian Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Malay Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Norwegian Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Persian کارناتاکا
  • کارناتاکاstate in southern India
Polish Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Portuguese Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Punjabi کرناٹک, ਕਰਨਾਟਕ
  • کرناٹک (krnāṭk)state in southern India
  • ਕਰਨਾਟਕ (karnāṭak)state in southern India
Romanian Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Russian Карна́така
  • Карна́така (Karnátaka)state in southern India
Slovak Karnátaka
  • Karnátakastate in southern India
Spanish Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Swedish Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Tamil கர்நாடகம்
  • கர்நாடகம் (karnāṭakam)state in southern India
Thai กรณาฏกะ
  • กรณาฏกะ (gà-rá-naa-dtà-gà)state in southern India
Turkish Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Ukrainian Карна́така
  • Карна́така (Karnátaka)state in southern India
Urdu کرناٹک
  • کرناٹک (karnāṭak)state in southern India
Vietnamese Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Welsh Karnataka
  • Karnatakastate in southern India
Yiddish קאַרנאַטאַקאַ
  • קאַרנאַטאַקאַ (karnataka)state in southern India
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APA

Karnataka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karnataka

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“Karnataka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karnataka. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Karnataka,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karnataka.

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