काणी

Konkani

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *कहाणिया (kahāṇiyā), from Sanskrit *कथानिका (kathānikā). Cognate with Marathi कहाणी (kahāṇī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑːɳiː]

Noun

काणी • (kāṇī) f (Latin script kanni, Kannada script ಕಾಣೀ)

1. story, tale

   Synonym: कथा (kathā)

References

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[1]
• Isidore Dantas, Joel D'Souza (2015) Modern English–Konkani Dictionary‎^[2], Margao, Goa: Golden Heart Emporium Books, →ISBN, page 310