काठमाडौँ

Nepali

Alternative forms

• काठमाडौं (kāṭhmāḍa͠u)
• काठमाण्डु (kāṭhmāṇḍu)

Etymology

From Sanskrit काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, “wood”) +‎ मण्डप (maṇḍapa, “temple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [käʈʰmäɳɖu]
• Phonetic Devanagari: काठ्माण्डु
• (orthographical) IPA^(key): [käʈʰmäɽʌ̃ũ̯]
• Phonetic Devanagari: काठ्माडौं

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Proper noun

काठमाडौँ • (kāṭhmāḍa͠u)

1. Kathmandu

Declension

Declension of काठमाडौँ
	Singular
nominative	काठमाडौँ [käʈʰmäɽʌ̃ũ̯]
accusative	काठमाडौँलाई [käʈʰmäɽʌ̃ũ̯läi]
instrumental/ergative	काठमाडौँले [käʈʰmäɽʌ̃ũ̯le]
dative	काठमाडौँलाई [käʈʰmäɽʌ̃ũ̯läi]
ablative	काठमाडौँबाट [käʈʰmäɽʌ̃ũ̯bäʈʌ]
genitive	काठमाडौँको [käʈʰmäɽʌ̃ũ̯ko]
locative	काठमाडौँमा [käʈʰmäɽʌ̃ũ̯mä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.