adjective
dubaari
"expensive"
"expensive" in spoken Kannada is dubaari. It's a adjective that you'll first encounter in Lesson 16: At the Market — Numbers and Prices of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note Persian-origin loan, same root as Hindi/Urdu dubaaraa sense of 'costly'; predicative with anisutte = feels expensive
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. dubaari is used in Lesson 16 (At the Market — Numbers and Prices, CEFR B1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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