Karnataka

Karnátaka English thumb|Location of Karnataka in India Etymology en kn ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ. Though several etymologies have been suggested for the name Karnataka, the generally accepted one is that Karnataka is derived from en kn ಕರು elevated and kn ನಾಡು land. kn ಕರುನಾಡು may also be read as "black region", as a reference to the black soil found in the Bayalu Seeme region of the state. Pronunciation en /kəɹˈnɑːtəkə/ /kɑːɹˈnɑːtəkə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Karnataka.wav US Proper noun en Q1185en state in southern c/India Bengaluru. en 2025-09-08 Vijayakumar Sanjay Tamil Nadu second biggest market for small business credit: study w:The Hindu https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-second-biggest-market-for-small-business-credit-study/article70022367.ece 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250911015512/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-second-biggest-market-for-small-business-credit-study/article70022367.ece Synonyms former name Mysore Related terms en Carnatic Kannada Translations state in southern India Arabic: ar كَارْنَاتَاكَا f Armenian: hy Կառնատակա Assamese: as কৰ্ণাটক Basque: eu Karnataka Belarusian: be Карна́така f Bengali: bn কর্ণাটক Breton: br Karnataka Bulgarian: bg Карна́така f Burmese: my ကာနတက Catalan: ca Karnataka Chhattisgarhi: hne Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 卡納塔克邦 Kǎnàtǎkè-bāng Czech: cs Karnátaka f Danish: da Karnataka Dhivehi: dv ކަރްނާޓަކާ Doteli: dty कर्नाटक Dutch: nl Karnataka Esperanto: eo Karnatako Estonian: et Karnataka Finnish: fi Karnataka French: fr Karnataka m Georgian: ka კარნატაკა German: de Karnataka n Greek: el Καρνάτακα Gujarati: gu કર્ણાટક Hebrew: he קארנאטקה Hindi: hi कर्नाटक m, hi कर्णाटक m, hi कर्णाट m, hi करनाटक m Hungarian: hu Karnátaka Indonesian: id Karnataka Italian: it Karnataka Japanese: ja カルナータカ州 Karunātaka shū, ja カルナータカ Karunātaka Kannada: kn ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ Kapampangan: pam Karnataka Khmer: km កាណាតាកា kanataka Korean: ko ^카르나타카 주, ko ^카르나타카 Lao: lo Latin: la Carnatica Latvian: lv Karnātaka Lithuanian: lt Karnataka Macedonian: mk Карнатака Maithili: mai कर्नाटका karnāṭakā Malagasy: mg Karnataka Malay: ms Karnataka Malayalam: ml കർണാടക Manipuri: Bishnupriya Manipuri: bpy কর্ণাটক Marathi: mr कर्नाटक Mizo: lus Nepali: ne कर्नाटक Newar: new कर्नाटक Norwegian: no Karnataka Odia: or କର୍ଣ୍ଣାଟକ Persian: fa کارناتاکا Polish: pl Karnataka Portuguese: pt Karnataka Punjabi: pa کرناٹک, pa ਕਰਨਾਟਕ Western Punjabi: pnb کرناتک karnātak Romanian: ro Karnataka Russian: ru Карна́така f Sanskrit: sa कर्णाटक, sa कर्णाट m Santali: sat Serbo-Croatian: sh Карнатака, sh Karnataka Sikkimese: sip Sinhalese: si කර්නාටක Slovak: sk Karnátaka Spanish: es Karnataka Swedish: sv Karnataka Tajik: tg Карнотако Tamil: ta கர்நாடகம் Telugu: te కర్ణాటక Thai: th กรณาฏกะ Tibetan: bo ཁར་ན་ཀྲ་ཁཱ Tulu: tcy ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ Turkish: tr Karnataka Ukrainian: uk Карна́така f Urdu: ur کرناٹک karnāṭak Vietnamese: vi Karnataka Waray-Waray: war Karnataka Welsh: cy Karnataka Yiddish: yi קאַרנאַטאַקאַ See also Portuguese pt:Carnataca Proper noun pt Karnataka Q1185 Spanish es: Pronunciation Proper noun f es Karnataka Q1185