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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कथन (kathana).
Pronunciation
Noun
कथन • (kathan) m (Urdu spelling کَتھَن)
- telling, relating, saying
- narration
- statement
- संयुक्त कथन ― sãyukt kathan ― compound statement
Declension
Declension of कथन (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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कथन
kathan
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कथन
kathan
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| oblique
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कथन
kathan
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कथनों
kathanõ
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| vocative
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कथन
kathan
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कथनो
kathano
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কথন (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬣᬦ (Balinese script)
- কথন (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰞𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀣𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ကထန (Burmese script)
- કથન (Gujarati script)
- ਕਥਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌥𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦡꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂟𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಥನ (Kannada script)
- កថន (Khmer script)
- ກຖນ (Lao script)
- കഥന (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᡨᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘞𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠲᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑦾𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐠𑐣 (Newa script)
- କଥନ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢢꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆡𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖞𑖡 (Siddham script)
- කථන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩬𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚚𑚝 (Takri script)
- கத²ந (Tamil script)
- కథన (Telugu script)
- กถน (Thai script)
- ཀ་ཐ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒟𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨚𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root कथ् (kath) + -अन (-ana)
Pronunciation
Noun
कथन • (kathana) stem, n
- the act of telling, narration, relating, informing
Declension
Descendants
- Telugu: కథనము (kathanamu)