Kolkata

See also: kolkata

English

Etymology

From the city's Bengali name, কলকাতা (kôlkata).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəʊlˈkɑːtɑː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /koʊlˈkɑtɑ/

Proper noun

Kolkata

1. The state capital of West Bengal (India), formerly known as Calcutta.

Synonyms

• Calcutta

Translations

city

• Arabic: كَالْكُوتَا‏‎ f (kalkūtā), كَلْكَتَا‏‎ f (kalkatā)
• Armenian: Կալկաթա (Kalkatʿa)
• Assamese: কলকাতা (kalkātā)
• Bengali: কলকাতা (bn) (Kôlkātā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加爾各答 (zh), 加尔各答 (zh) (Jiā'ěrgèdá)

• Czech: Kalkata (cs) f
• Finnish: Kolkata
• German: Kalkutta (de)
• Gujarati: કોલકાતા (kōlkātā)
• Hindi: कोलकाता (hi) (Kolkātā)
• Irish: Calcúta m
• Japanese: カルカッタ (Karukatta)

• Kannada: ಕೊಲ್ಕತ್ತ (kn) (kolkatta)
• Korean: 캘커타 (Kaelkeota)
• Macedonian: Колка́та f (Kolkáta), Калку́та f (Kalkúta)
• Malayalam: കൊൽക്കത്ത (kolkkatta)
• Marathi: कोलकाता (kōlkātā)
• Oriya: କଲିକତା (or) (kalikatā)
• Portuguese: Calcutá f
• Punjabi: ਕੋਲਕਾਤਾ (kōlkātā)
• Russian: Кальку́тта (ru) f (Kalʹkútta), Ко́лката (ru) f (Kólkata)
• Spanish: Calcuta (es)
• Telugu: కోల్‌కత (kōl‌kata)
• Urdu: کلکتہ‏‎ (kolkātā)

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Finnish

Etymology

From Bengali.

Proper noun

Kolkata

1. Kolkata (the official name of the capital of West Bengal since 2001)

Declension

Inflection of Kolkata (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Kolkata	—
genitive		Kolkatan	—
partitive		Kolkataa	—
illative		Kolkataan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Kolkata	—
accusative	nom.	Kolkata	—
	gen.	Kolkatan
genitive		Kolkatan	—
partitive		Kolkataa	—
inessive		Kolkatassa	—
elative		Kolkatasta	—
illative		Kolkataan	—
adessive		Kolkatalla	—
ablative		Kolkatalta	—
allative		Kolkatalle	—
essive		Kolkatana	—
translative		Kolkataksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Kolkatatta	—
comitative		—	—

Usage notes

The former Finnish name Kalkutta is still widely used and is considered acceptable in Finnish.