कथ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কথ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬣ᭄ (Balinese script)
• কথ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰞𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀣𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ကထ် (Burmese script)
• કથ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਥ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌥𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦡ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂟𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಥ್ (Kannada script)
• កថ៑ (Khmer script)
• ກຖ຺ (Lao script)
• കഥ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘞𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠲ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦾𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐠𑑂 (Newa script)
• କଥ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢢ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆡𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖞𑖿 (Siddham script)
• කථ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩬 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚚𑚶 (Takri script)
• கத்² (Tamil script)
• కథ్ (Telugu script)
• กถฺ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཐ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒟𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨚𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Created as a root for the noun कथा (kathā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐtʰ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐt̪ʰ/

Root

कथ् • (kath)

1. to tell, narrate, report, describe, relate
2. to show, announce
3. to command, direct

Derived terms

• अकथित (akathita)
• कथक (kathaka)
• कथन (kathana)
• कथनिक (kathanika)
• कथनीय (kathanīya)
• कथयति (kathayati)
• कथयान (kathayāna)
• कथयितव्य (kathayitavya)
• कथा (kathā)
• कथानक (kathānaka)
• कथापय (kathāpaya)
• कथिक (kathika)
• कथित (kathita)
• कथ्य (kathya)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कथ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0247/1.