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), कलकत्ता (hi) m (kalkattā)
• 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)

Usage notes

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

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		—	—