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namesake meaning in Kannada

ಸಮಾನ ನಾಮಧಾರಿ

/ˈneɪmseɪk/

namesake in Kannada: ಸಮಾನ ನಾಮಧಾರಿ, ಅದೇ ಹೆಸರಿನವನು, ಸ್ವನಾಮಕ. In English, namesake means an entity that lends its name to another entity.

Kannada words for namesake

ಸಮಾನ ನಾಮಧಾರಿ, ಅದೇ ಹೆಸರಿನವನು, ಸ್ವನಾಮಕ

English meaning of namesake

  1. noun An entity that lends its name to another entity.
  2. noun A person with the same name as another.
  3. noun One who is named after another, often a child named after the parent or an ancestor.
  4. noun One for whom another is named, often the parent or ancestor who gave the name to a child.

Full definition of namesake

namesake in a sentence

  • The statesman Winston Churchill has a namesake, the American novelist Winston Churchill.
  • Bill Sr's namesake, Bill Jr, is 30 years younger.
  • Bill Jr's namesake, Bill Sr, is 30 years older.

Synonyms of namesake

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Questions about namesake in Kannada

What is the meaning of namesake in Kannada?
Namesake in Kannada is ಸಮಾನ ನಾಮಧಾರಿ, ಅದೇ ಹೆಸರಿನವನು, ಸ್ವನಾಮಕ.
namesake ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Namesake: ಸಮಾನ ನಾಮಧಾರಿ, ಅದೇ ಹೆಸರಿನವನು, ಸ್ವನಾಮಕ.
What does namesake mean in English?
Namesake means an entity that lends its name to another entity.

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