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infanticide meaning in Kannada

ಹಸುಳೆಕೊಲೆ

UK/ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/

infanticide in Kannada: ಹಸುಳೆಕೊಲೆ, ಶಿಶುಹತ್ಯೆ. In English, infanticide means the murder of an infant.

Kannada words for infanticide

ಹಸುಳೆಕೊಲೆ, ಶಿಶುಹತ್ಯೆ

English meaning of infanticide

  1. noun The murder of an infant.
  2. noun The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
  3. noun The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.
  4. noun The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.

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Questions about infanticide in Kannada

What is the meaning of infanticide in Kannada?
Infanticide in Kannada is ಹಸುಳೆಕೊಲೆ, ಶಿಶುಹತ್ಯೆ.
infanticide ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Infanticide: ಹಸುಳೆಕೊಲೆ, ಶಿಶುಹತ್ಯೆ.
What does infanticide mean in English?
Infanticide means the murder of an infant.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: infanticide (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: infanticide (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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