کتھک

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कथक (kathaka, “narrator”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.t̪ʰək/
• Rhymes: -ək
• Hyphenation: کَ‧تَھک

Noun

کَتَھک • (kathak) m (Hindi spelling कथक)

1. kathak

Declension

Declension of کتھک

	singular	plural
direct	کَتَھک (kathak)	کَتَھک (kathak)
oblique	کَتَھک (kathak)	کَتَھکوں (kathakõ)
vocative	کَتَھک (kathak)	کَتَھکو (kathako)

Further reading

• “کتھک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کتھک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “کتهك”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.