बृहत्कथा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बृहत्कथा (bṛhatkathā), literally, “the Great Narrative”. By surface analysis, बृहत् (bŕhat) +‎ कथा (kathā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɾɪ.ɦət̪.kə.t̪ʰɑː/, [bɾɪ.ɦɐt̪.kɐ.t̪ʰäː]
• Hyphenation: बृ‧हत्‧क‧था
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

बृहत्कथा • (bŕhatkathā) f (Urdu spelling بْرِیہاتھ کَتھا)

1. Brihatkatha (an ancient epic and lost literary work written in Paishachi whose content can be partially reconstructed based on its derivative works in Sanskrit and Tamil)