কাহিনী

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka). Cognate with Bengali কাহিনী (kahini), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kāhāṇi), Hindustani کَہَانِی (kahānī) / कहानी (kahānī), Marathi कहाणी (kahāṇī), Punjabi ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) / کَہانی (kahānī), Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī).

Noun

কাহিনী • (kahini)

1. story

   Synonyms: সাধু (xadhu), গল্প (golpo)

Bengali

Alternative forms

• কাহিনি (kahini)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कहानी (kahānī), from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka, “short tale”), the diminutive of the vriddhi of कथन (kathana, “narration”). Cognate with Assamese কাহিনী (kahini), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kāhāṇi), कहानी (kahānī), Marathi कहाणी (kahāṇī), Punjabi ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) / کَہانی (kahānī), Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī). Doublet of কথা (kotha), কথপোকথন (kothopōkothon), and কহা (koha).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kahini/, [ˈkahiniˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kahini/, [ˈkahiniˑ]

Noun

কাহিনী • (kahini)

1. story, tale

   Synonym: গল্প (golpo)

   এটি একটি প্রেম কাহিনী।

   eṭi ekṭi prem kahini.

   This is a love story.

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kathānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press