कथा
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]कथा • (kathā) f (Urdu spelling کتھا)
Declension
[edit]Declension of कथा (fem ā-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- परी कथा (parī kathā, “fairy tale”)
References
[edit]- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “कथा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “कथा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Marathi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]कथा • (kathā) f
References
[edit]- Berntsen, Maxine, “कथा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कथा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Noun
[edit]कथा f
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "कथा" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | कथा (kathā) | कथायो (kathāyo) or कथा (kathā) |
Accusative (second) | कथं (kathaṃ) | कथायो (kathāyo) or कथा (kathā) |
Instrumental (third) | कथाय (kathāya) | कथाहि (kathāhi) or कथाभि (kathābhi) |
Dative (fourth) | कथाय (kathāya) | कथानं (kathānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | कथाय (kathāya) | कथाहि (kathāhi) or कथाभि (kathābhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | कथाय (kathāya) | कथानं (kathānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | कथाय (kathāya) or कथायं (kathāyaṃ) | कथासु (kathāsu) |
Vocative (calling) | कथे (kathe) | कथायो (kathāyo) or कथा (kathā) |
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- কথা (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬣᬵ (Balinese script)
- কথা (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰞𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ကထာ (Burmese script)
- કથા (Gujarati script)
- ਕਥਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌥𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦡꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂟𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಥಾ (Kannada script)
- កថា (Khmer script)
- ກຖາ (Lao script)
- കഥാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᡨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘞𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠲᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑦾𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐠𑐵 (Newa script)
- କଥା (Odia script)
- ꢒꢢꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆡𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖞𑖯 (Siddham script)
- කථා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩬𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚚𑚭 (Takri script)
- கத²ா (Tamil script)
- కథా (Telugu script)
- กถา (Thai script)
- ཀ་ཐཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒟𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨚𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Nominalized from the interrogative कथा (kathā, “how; whence; why”) (compare कथम् (katham)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH (“in what way”), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *kʷós (compare similar formations: यथा (yathā) from *HyátʰaH (“in which way; as”) and तथा (tathā) from *tátʰaH (“in that way; so”)). The Sanskrit root is कथ् (kath).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]कथा • (kathā) stem, f
Declension
[edit]Feminine ā-stem declension of कथा (kathā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | कथा kathā |
कथे kathe |
कथाः kathāḥ |
Vocative | कथे kathe |
कथे kathe |
कथाः kathāḥ |
Accusative | कथाम् kathām |
कथे kathe |
कथाः kathāḥ |
Instrumental | कथया / कथा¹ kathayā / kathā¹ |
कथाभ्याम् kathābhyām |
कथाभिः kathābhiḥ |
Dative | कथायै kathāyai |
कथाभ्याम् kathābhyām |
कथाभ्यः kathābhyaḥ |
Ablative | कथायाः / कथायै² kathāyāḥ / kathāyai² |
कथाभ्याम् kathābhyām |
कथाभ्यः kathābhyaḥ |
Genitive | कथायाः / कथायै² kathāyāḥ / kathāyai² |
कथयोः kathayoḥ |
कथानाम् kathānām |
Locative | कथायाम् kathāyām |
कथयोः kathayoḥ |
कथासु kathāsu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
[edit]- कथासरित्सागर (kathāsaritsāgara)
- कथावार्त्ता (kathāvārttā)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: kathak, katha
- → Kannada: ಕತೆ (kate), ಕಥೆ (kathe)
- → Malayalam: കഥ (katha)
- Pali: kathā
- → Punjabi: ਕਥਾ (kathā)
- → Tamil: கதை (katai)
- → Telugu: కథ (katha)
References
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kathā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 135
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 295
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