katha
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
katha (countable and uncountable, plural kathas)
- (countable) The recitation of a Hindu religious story.
- 2013, Deepa Sreenivas, Sculpting a Middle Class, page 50:
- A list of the common themes narrated in a katha would comprise of the kidnapping of a girl, battle, separation and epic and puranic events.
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 300:
- She and her group did not disperse even after the katha had commenced. Their chatter disturbed the listeners.
- (uncountable) Such storytelling considered as a genre.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Hindi कट्ठा (kaṭṭhā) or Bengali কাঠা (kaṭha).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
katha (plural kathas)
- A unit of area used mostly for land measure in Eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, varying widely from place to place.
Anagrams[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “story”). Compare Malay kata.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kathâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑ)
- literary composition
- Synonyms: akda, sinulat, kinatha, komposisyong literarya, komposisyong pampanitikan, akdang pampanitikan
- musical composition
- invention
- Synonyms: imbensiyon, imbento, pag-imbento, likha, paglikha
- creation
- fiction; story
- idle talk
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “katha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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