कथन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कथन (kathana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.t̪ʰən/, [kɐ.t̪ʰɐ̃n]

Noun

कथन • (kathan) m (Urdu spelling کَتھَن)

1. telling, relating, saying
2. narration
3. statement

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:वाक्य

   संयुक्त कथन ― sãyukt kathan ― compound statement

Declension

Declension of कथन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कथन kathan	कथन kathan
oblique	कथन kathan	कथनों kathanõ
vocative	कथन kathan	कथनो kathano

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कथन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 766
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “कथन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 114
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कथन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 163

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কথন (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬣᬦ (Balinese script)
• কথন (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰞𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀣𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ကထန (Burmese script)
• કથન (Gujarati script)
• ਕਥਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌥𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦡꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂟𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಥನ (Kannada script)
• កថន (Khmer script)
• ກຖນ (Lao script)
• കഥന (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡨᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘞𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠲᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦾𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐠𑐣 (Newa script)
• କଥନ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢢꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆡𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖞𑖡 (Siddham script)
• කථන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩬𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚚𑚝 (Takri script)
• கத²ந (Tamil script)
• కథన (Telugu script)
• กถน (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཐ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒟𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨚𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root कथ् (kath) +‎ -अन (-ana)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tʰɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐ.t̪ʰɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

कथन • (kathana) stem, n

1. the act of telling, narration, relating, informing

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कथन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कथनम् (kathanam)	कथने (kathane)	कथनानि (kathanāni) कथना¹ (kathanā¹)
accusative	कथनम् (kathanam)	कथने (kathane)	कथनानि (kathanāni) कथना¹ (kathanā¹)
instrumental	कथनेन (kathanena)	कथनाभ्याम् (kathanābhyām)	कथनैः (kathanaiḥ) कथनेभिः¹ (kathanebhiḥ¹)
dative	कथनाय (kathanāya)	कथनाभ्याम् (kathanābhyām)	कथनेभ्यः (kathanebhyaḥ)
ablative	कथनात् (kathanāt)	कथनाभ्याम् (kathanābhyām)	कथनेभ्यः (kathanebhyaḥ)
genitive	कथनस्य (kathanasya)	कथनयोः (kathanayoḥ)	कथनानाम् (kathanānām)
locative	कथने (kathane)	कथनयोः (kathanayoḥ)	कथनेषु (kathaneṣu)
vocative	कथन (kathana)	कथने (kathane)	कथनानि (kathanāni) कथना¹ (kathanā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Telugu: కథనము (kathanamu)