ಜನ್ನದಾರ
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Old Kannada[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Sanskrit यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta); ಜನ್ನ (janna, “yajna; ritual worship”) + ದಾರ (dāra, “thread”).
Noun[edit]
ಜನ್ನದಾರ (jannadāra)
- (Hinduism) a sacred thread worn over the left shoulder and under the right arm by Brahmin men and boys
References[edit]
- Dr. P. V. Narayana, editor (2007), “ಜನ್ನದಾರ”, in ಹಳಗನ್ನಡ ಪದಸಂಪದ [haḷagannaḍa padasampada, Halagannada Padasampada][1] (in Kannada), Kannada Sahitya Parishattu