ਕਹਾਣੀ
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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka). Cognate with Hindustani کَہَانِی (kahānī) / कहानी (kahānī), Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī), Marathi कहाणी (kahāṇī), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kāhāṇi), Bengali কাহিনী (kahini), Assamese কাহিনী (kahini).
Pronunciation
Noun
ਕਹਾਣੀ • (kahāṇī) f (Shahmukhi spelling کہانی)
- a story
Declension
| Declension of ਕਹਾਣੀ | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) | |
| dir. pl. | ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ (kahāṇīā̃) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) | ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ (kahāṇīā̃) |
| oblique | ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) | ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ (kahāṇīā̃) |
| vocative | ਕਹਾਣੀਏ (kahāṇīē) | ਕਹਾਣੀਓ (kahāṇīo) |
| ablative | — | — |
| locative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
Synonyms
- ਅਫ਼ਸਾਨਾ (afasānā)
Derived terms
- ਕਹਾਣੀਕਾਰ m (kahāṇīkār, “story writer”)
- ਨਿੱਕੀ ਕਹਾਣੀ f (nikkī kahāṇī, “short story”)
- ਪਿੱਠ-ਕਹਾਣੀ f (piṭṭha-kahāṇī, “backstory”)
References
- “ਕਹਾਣੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਹਾਣੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kathānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press