KTV

Etymology 1
From. Late 1980s Taiwanese Pseudo-English initialism from Japanese + TV. Modelled after the earlier MTV "movie TV", which in turn repurposed the initialism from the earlier meaning "music TV", copied from the American cable TV network of that name. This term is chiefly used in mainland China, Taiwan and Cambodia and Chinese speakers globally.

Noun

 * 1)  Karaoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment.
 * 2) * 2004, Avron Boretz, "Carousing and Masculinity: The Cultural Production of Gender in Taiwan", in Catherine Farris, Anru Lee, Murray Rubinstein, Women in the New Taiwan: Gender Roles and Gender Consciousness in a Changing Society, East Gate, page 179:
 * Most KTV clubs in Taiwan have since followed a single architectural formula:
 * 1) * 2006, Tsen Wang, "DEMO Exegesis: Virtual Songs", in Kevin K. W. Wong et al., Proceedings of Third Australasian Conference of Interactice Entertainment, Murdoch University, page 34:
 * They are enshrined and worshiped on the table as ‘holy scripture’ for KTV devotees.
 * 1)  Karaoke box, a karaoke entertainment establishment.
 * 2) * 2014, Brian Hu, Love in the Club: Karaoke Realism in Chinese and Hong Kong Cinema, in David Laderman, Laurel Westrup, Sampling Media, Oxford University Press, page 135:
 * The KTV is an apt place to begin an investigation into such phenomena,
 * 1) * 2014, Brian Hu, Love in the Club: Karaoke Realism in Chinese and Hong Kong Cinema, in David Laderman, Laurel Westrup, Sampling Media, Oxford University Press, page 135:
 * The KTV is an apt place to begin an investigation into such phenomena,
 * The KTV is an apt place to begin an investigation into such phenomena,

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: KTV
 * Finnish: karaokekabinetti
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Lao:
 * Malay:
 * Portuguese:
 * Thai:

Etymology 2
From Kondatam TV.

Proper noun

 * 1) Kondatam Television (a popular Tamil TV channel)

Etymology
of +.

Noun

 * 1) ; karaoke box, a karaoke club/bar
 * 2) ; karaoke television, karaoke machine