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detective meaning in Kannada

ತುಬ್ಬುಗಾರ

/dɪˈtɛktɪv/

detective in Kannada: ತುಬ್ಬುಗಾರ, ತುಬ್ಬುಕಾರ, ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿಗ, ಪತ್ತೇದಾರಿ. In English, detective means a police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.

Kannada words for detective

ತುಬ್ಬುಗಾರ, ತುಬ್ಬುಕಾರ, ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿಗ, ಪತ್ತೇದಾರಿ, ಪತ್ತೇದಾರ

English meaning of detective

  1. noun A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
  2. noun A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
  3. noun A work of detective fiction.
  4. adjective Employed in detecting.

Full definition of detective

detective in a sentence

  • He worked as a detective with the agency for five years.

Synonyms of detective

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Questions about detective in Kannada

What is the meaning of detective in Kannada?
Detective in Kannada is ತುಬ್ಬುಗಾರ, ತುಬ್ಬುಕಾರ, ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿಗ, ಪತ್ತೇದಾರಿ.
detective ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Detective: ತುಬ್ಬುಗಾರ, ತುಬ್ಬುಕಾರ, ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿಗ, ಪತ್ತೇದಾರಿ.
What does detective mean in English?
Detective means a police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: detective (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: detective (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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