Kolkata

See also: kolkata

English

Etymology

From Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata); further etymology disputed. More on the Wikipedia page.

Pronunciation

• (Indic) IPA^(key): /kolˈkaːt̪a/, (spelling pronunciation) /-ʈa/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɒlˈkɑːtə/, /kɔːlˈkɑːtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kolˈkɑtə/

Proper noun

Kolkata

2. The capital city of West Bengal, India, formerly known in English as Calcutta.
3. A district of West Bengal, India.

Synonyms

• Calcutta (officially deprecated)

Translations

city — see also Calcutta

• Arabic: كَالْكُوتَا f (kalkūtā), كَلْكَتَا f (kalkatā)
• Armenian: Կալկաթա (hy) (Kalkatʻa)
• Assamese: কলিকতা (kolikota)
• Bengali: কলকাতা (bn) (kolkata), কলিকাতা (bn) (kolikata)
• Bulgarian: Колка́та f (Kolkáta), Калку́та f (Kalkúta)
• Chakma: 𑄇𑄧𑄣𑄨𑄇𑄖 (kalikātā)
• Cherokee: ᎪᎸᎧᏔ (golvkata), ᎪᎵᎧᏔ (golikata)
• Chinese:

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

• Chittagonian: hoilhata
• Czech: Kalkata (cs) f
• Dutch: Calcutta (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kolkato, Kalkato
• Farefare: Kolkata
• Finnish: Kolkata
• German: Kalkutta (de)
• Greek: Καλκούτα (el) f (Kalkoúta)
• Gujarati: કોલકાતા (kolkātā)
• Hindi: कोलकाता (hi) (kolkātā), कलकत्ता (hi) m (kalkattā)
• Irish: Calcúta m
• Italian: Calcutta (it) f
• Japanese: カルカッタ (Karukatta), コルカタ (Korukata)
• Kannada: ಕೊಲ್ಕತ್ತ (kn) (kolkatta)
• Korean: 캘커타 (Kaelkeota), 콜카타 (Kolkata)
• Macedonian: Колка́та f (Kolkáta), Калку́та f (Kalkúta)
• Malayalam: കൊൽക്കത്ത (kolkkatta)
• Marathi: कोलकाता (kolkātā), कलकत्ता (kalkattā)
• Odia: କଲିକତା (or) (kalikatā)
• Persian: کلکته (fa) (kolkata)
• Portuguese: Calcutá f
• Punjabi: ਕੋਲਕਾਤਾ (kolkātā)
• Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: Кальку́тта (ru) f (Kalʹkútta), Ко́лката (ru) f (Kólkata)
• Santali: ᱠᱚᱞᱠᱟᱛᱟ (sat) (kôlkata)
• Spanish: Calcuta (es)
• Sylheti: ꠇꠟꠤꠇꠣꠔꠣ (xolikata)
• Tamil: கொல்கத்தா (kolkattā)
• Telugu: కోల్‌కాతా (kōl‌kātā), కోల్‌కతా (kōl‌katā), కోల్‌కత (kōl‌kata), కోలకతా (kōlakatā)
• Turkish: Kalküta
• Urdu: کلکتہ (kalkattā), کولکاتا (kolkātā)
• Uyghur: كولكاتا (kolkata)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kolkata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolkɑtɑ/, [ˈko̞lkɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -olkɑtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Kol‧ka‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): Kol‧ka‧ta

Proper noun

Kolkata

1. Kolkata (the capital city of West Bengal, India)

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	—
abessive		Kolkatatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Kolkata (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kolkatani — accusative nom. Kolkatani — gen. Kolkatani genitive Kolkatani — partitive Kolkataani — inessive Kolkatassani — elative Kolkatastani — illative Kolkataani — adessive Kolkatallani — ablative Kolkataltani — allative Kolkatalleni — essive Kolkatanani — translative Kolkatakseni — abessive Kolkatattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kolkatasi — accusative nom. Kolkatasi — gen. Kolkatasi genitive Kolkatasi — partitive Kolkataasi — inessive Kolkatassasi — elative Kolkatastasi — illative Kolkataasi — adessive Kolkatallasi — ablative Kolkataltasi — allative Kolkatallesi — essive Kolkatanasi — translative Kolkataksesi — abessive Kolkatattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kolkatamme — accusative nom. Kolkatamme — gen. Kolkatamme genitive Kolkatamme — partitive Kolkataamme — inessive Kolkatassamme — elative Kolkatastamme — illative Kolkataamme — adessive Kolkatallamme — ablative Kolkataltamme — allative Kolkatallemme — essive Kolkatanamme — translative Kolkataksemme — abessive Kolkatattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kolkatanne — accusative nom. Kolkatanne — gen. Kolkatanne genitive Kolkatanne — partitive Kolkataanne — inessive Kolkatassanne — elative Kolkatastanne — illative Kolkataanne — adessive Kolkatallanne — ablative Kolkataltanne — allative Kolkatallenne — essive Kolkatananne — translative Kolkataksenne — abessive Kolkatattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Kolkatansa — accusative nom. Kolkatansa — gen. Kolkatansa genitive Kolkatansa — partitive Kolkataansa — inessive Kolkatassaan Kolkatassansa — elative Kolkatastaan Kolkatastansa — illative Kolkataansa — adessive Kolkatallaan Kolkatallansa — ablative Kolkataltaan Kolkataltansa — allative Kolkatalleen Kolkatallensa — essive Kolkatanaan Kolkatanansa — translative Kolkatakseen Kolkataksensa — abessive Kolkatattaan Kolkatattansa — instructive — — comitative — —