Karnataka

See also: Karnátaka

English

Location of Karnataka in India

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəɹˈnɑːtəkə/, /kɑːɹˈnɑːtəkə/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Karnataka

2. A state in southern India. Capital: Bangalore.
   • 2025 September 8, Sanjay Vijayakumar, “Tamil Nadu second biggest market for small business credit: study”, in The Hindu‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 September 2025:

     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.

Synonyms

• (former name) state of Mysore

Related terms

• Carnatic
• Kannada

Translations

state in southern India

• Arabic: كَارْنَاتَاكَا f (kārnātākā)
• Armenian: Կառնատակա (hy) (Kaṙnataka)
• Assamese: কৰ্ণাটক (kornatok)
• Basque: Karnataka
• Belarusian: Карна́така f (Karnátaka)
• Bengali: কর্ণাটক (bn) (kornaṭok)
• Breton: Karnataka
• Bulgarian: Карна́така f (Karnátaka)
• Burmese: ကာနတက (kana.ta.ka.)
• Catalan: Karnataka
• Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡納塔克邦 / 卡纳塔克邦 (zh) (Kǎnàtǎkè-bāng)

• Czech: Karnátaka f
• Danish: Karnataka
• Dhivehi: ކަރްނާޓަކާ (karnāṭakā)
• Doteli: कर्नाटक (karnāṭak)
• Dutch: Karnataka (nl)
• Esperanto: Karnatako
• Estonian: Karnataka
• Finnish: Karnataka
• French: Karnataka (fr) m
• Georgian: კარნატაკა (ḳarnaṭaḳa)
• German: Karnataka (de) n
• Greek: Καρνάτακα (el) (Karnátaka)
• Gujarati: કર્ણાટક (karṇāṭak)
• Hebrew: קארנאטקה
• Hindi: कर्नाटक (hi) (karnāṭak), कर्णाटक (hi) m (karṇāṭak), कर्णाट (hi) m (karṇāṭ), करनाटक (hi) m (karnāṭak)
• Hungarian: Karnátaka (hu)
• Indonesian: Karnataka
• Italian: Karnataka
• Japanese: カルナータカ州 (Karunātaka shū), カルナータカ (Karunātaka)
• Kannada: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ (kn) (karnāṭaka)
• Kapampangan: Karnataka
• Khmer: កាណាតាកា (kanataka)
• Korean: 카르나타카 주 (Kareunataka ju), 카르나타카 (Kareunataka)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: Carnatica
• Latvian: Karnātaka
• Lithuanian: Karnataka
• Macedonian: Карнатака (Karnataka)
• Maithili: कर्नाटका (karnāṭakā)
• Malagasy: Karnataka
• Malay: Karnataka
• Malayalam: കർണാടക (kaṟṇāṭaka)
• Manipuri:

  Bishnupriya Manipuri: কর্ণাটক

• Marathi: कर्नाटक (karnāṭak)
• Mizo: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: कर्नाटक (karnāṭak)
• Newar: कर्नाटक (karnāṭaka)
• Norwegian: Karnataka (no)
• Odia: କର୍ଣ୍ଣାଟକ (karṇṇāṭaka)
• Persian: کارناتاکا
• Polish: Karnataka (pl)
• Portuguese: Karnataka
• Punjabi: کرناٹک (krnāṭk), ਕਰਨਾਟਕ (pa) (karnāṭak)

  Western Punjabi: کرناتک (karnātak)

• Romanian: Karnataka
• Russian: Карна́така (ru) f (Karnátaka)
• Sanskrit: कर्णाटक (sa) (karṇāṭaka), कर्णाट (sa) m (karṇāṭa)
• Santali: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian: Карнатака, Karnataka
• Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
• Sinhalese: කර්නාටක (karnāṭaka)
• Slovak: Karnátaka
• Spanish: Karnataka
• Swedish: Karnataka
• Tajik: Карнотако (Karnotako)
• Tamil: கர்நாடகம் (ta) (karnāṭakam)
• Telugu: కర్ణాటక (te) (karṇāṭaka)
• Thai: กรณาฏกะ (gà-rá-naa-dtà-gà)
• Tibetan: ཁར་ན་ཀྲ་ཁཱ (khar na kra khā)
• Tulu: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ (karnāṭaka)
• Turkish: Karnataka
• Ukrainian: Карна́така f (Karnátaka)
• Urdu: کرناٹک (karnāṭak)
• Vietnamese: Karnataka
• Waray-Waray: Karnataka
• Welsh: Karnataka
• Yiddish: קאַרנאַטאַקאַ (karnataka)

See also

states of Indiaedit

• Andhra Pradesh
• Arunachal Pradesh
• Assam
• Bihar
• Chhattisgarh
• Goa
• Gujarat
• Haryana
• Himachal Pradesh
• Jharkhand
• Karnataka
• Kerala ~ Keralam
• Madhya Pradesh
• Maharashtra
• Manipur
• Meghalaya
• Mizoram
• Nagaland
• Odisha
• Punjab
• Rajasthan
• Sikkim
• Tamil Nadu
• Telangana
• Tripura
• Uttarakhand
• Uttar Pradesh
• West Bengal

Portuguese

Proper noun

Karnataka ?

1. Karnataka (a state in southern India)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾnaˈtaka/ [kaɾ.naˈt̪a.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: Kar‧na‧ta‧ka

Proper noun

Karnataka f

1. Karnataka (a state in southern India)