కృష్ణ

See also: కృష్ణం and క్షోణి

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit కృష్ణ (kṛṣṇa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɻ̍ʂɳa/, [kɾiʂɳa]

Proper noun

కృష్ణ • (kr̥ṣṇa) m

1. (Hinduism) Krishna, a deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism
2. a river in South India

   Synonyms: కృష్ణమ్మ (kr̥ṣṇamma), కృష్ణానది (kr̥ṣṇānadi), కృష్ణవేణి (kr̥ṣṇavēṇi)

3. name of Draupadi in Mahabharata

   Synonym: ద్రౌపది (draupadi)

4. a male given name from Sanskrit

References

• కృష్ణ at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
• "కృష్ణ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 307