কথা

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Assamese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, conversation, speech).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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কথা (kotha)

  1. word, sentence
    মোৰ কথাখিনি মন ৰাখিবাmür kothakhini monot rakhibaRemember what I said. (literally, “You will keep my words in your mind.”)
  2. description, matter, story
  3. spiritual instruction
  4. discussion
  5. intention, private thought
  6. promise

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, conversation, speech).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kɔt̪ʰa/, [ˈkɔt̪ʰaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kɔt̪ʰa/, [ˈkɔt̪ʰaˑ]
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Noun

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কথা (kotha)

  1. word, speech, utterance, statement
    কথা বল!
    kotha bol!
    Speak!
    (literally, “Say words!”)
  2. talk, conversation, discourse
    কি নিয়ে কথা বলা হচ্ছে?
    ki niẏe kotha bola hocche?
    What is being talked about (in the conversation)?
  3. topic
  4. saying
    একটা কথা আছে
    ekṭa kotha ache
    There is a saying
  5. story, tale
  6. promise
    কথা রাখবে কিন্তু
    kotha rakhbe kintu.
    But you have to keep your promise.

Postposition

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কথা (kotha)

  1. about
    আমরা সেই দিনের কথা জানি না
    amra śei diner kotha jani na.
    We don't know about that day.

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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কথা f

  1. Bengali script form of kathā

Declension

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