noun
artha
"meaning"
"meaning" in spoken Kannada is artha. It's a noun that you'll first encounter in Lesson 7: Shall We Go to the Language Café? of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note adara artha ēnu? = 'what's its meaning?'; same root as Hindi arth
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. artha is used in Lesson 7 (Shall We Go to the Language Café?, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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