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कथा

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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कथा (kathāf (Urdu spelling کتھا)

  1. story, narrative
    Synonyms: कहानी (kahānī), अफ़साना (afsānā)
    वह जटिल लघु कथाएँ लिखता और प्रकाशित करता है।
    vah jaṭil laghu kathāẽ likhtā aur prakāśit kartā hai.
    He writes and publishes intricate short stories.

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kə.t̪ʰa/
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Noun

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कथा (kathāf

  1. story

References

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  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “कथा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कथा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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कथा f

  1. speech, story, talk

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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कथा (kathā́) stemf

  1. conversation, speech
  2. story, tale
  3. discussion, talk

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of कथा
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 (kathayā)
कथा¹ (kathā¹)
कथाभ्याम् (kathābhyām) कथाभिः (kathābhiḥ)
dative कथायै (kathāyai) कथाभ्याम् (kathābhyām) कथाभ्यः (kathābhyaḥ)
ablative कथायाः (kathāyāḥ)
कथायै² (kathāyai²)
कथाभ्याम् (kathābhyām) कथाभ्यः (kathābhyaḥ)
genitive कथायाः (kathāyāḥ)
कथायै² (kathāyai²)
कथयोः (kathayoḥ) कथानाम् (kathānām)
locative कथायाम् (kathāyām) कथयोः (kathayoḥ) कथासु (kathāsu)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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