कथम्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From क (ká, “what”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tʰɐ́m/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.t̪ʰɐm/

Adverb

कथम् • (kathám)

1. how; in what manner
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

   त्वम् कथम् जानासि।

   tvam katham jānāsi.

   How do you know?

2. an interrogative particle

   Synonym: किम् (kím)

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀳𑀁 (kahaṃ)
• Pali: kathaṃ
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀥𑀁 (kadhaṃ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “कथम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 247.