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 (kathā) stemf

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

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of कथा (kathā)
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
  • 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