ਕਹਾਣੀ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka). Cognate with Hindustani کَہَانِی (kahānī) / कहानी (kahānī), Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī), Marathi कहाणी (kahāṇī), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kahaṇi), Bengali কাহিনী (kahini), Assamese কাহিনী (kahini).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /kə.ɦäː.ɳiː/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /käː˨.ɳiː/

Noun

ਕਹਾਣੀ • (kahāṇī) f (Shahmukhi spelling کہانی)

1. a story

Declension

Declension of ਕਹਾਣੀ
dir. sg.	ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī)
dir. pl.	ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ (kahāṇīā̃)
	singular	plural
direct	ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī)	ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ (kahāṇīā̃)
oblique	ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī)	ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ (kahāṇīā̃)
vocative	ਕਹਾਣੀਏ (kahāṇīē)	ਕਹਾਣੀਓ (kahāṇīo)
ablative	—	—
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Synonyms

• ਅਫ਼ਸਾਨਾ (afasānā)

Derived terms

• ਕਹਾਣੀਕਾਰ m (kahāṇīkār, “story writer”)
• ਨਿੱਕੀ ਕਹਾਣੀ f (nikkī kahāṇī, “short story”)
• ਪਿੱਠ-ਕਹਾਣੀ f (piṭṭha-kahāṇī, “backstory”)

 

References

• “ਕਹਾਣੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਹਾਣੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kathānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press