कहना

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Hindi

Hindi verb set
कहना (kahnā)
कहाना (kahānā)
कहलाना (kahlānā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀥𑁂𑀤𑀺 (kadhedi), from Sanskrit कथयति (katháyati). Cognate with Bengali কহা (koha), কওয়া (koōẇa) and Assamese কোৱা (küa), Sinhalese කියනවා (kiyanawā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kəɦ.nɑː/,
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Verb

कहना (kahnā) (transitive, Urdu spelling کہنا)

  1. to say
    वह उसको क्या कहने वाला है?
    vah usko kyā kahne vālā hai?
    What is he about to say to him?
  2. to speak
  3. to tell

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

कहना (kahnām

  1. utterance, remark
    उसका कहना है कि ...
    uskā kahnā hai ki ...
    he remarked that ...
    (literally, “his remark was that ...”)
  2. order, command

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