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Khmer
Etymology
From Pali kathā, from Sanskrit कथा (kathā).
Pronunciation
Noun
កថា • (kaʼthaa)
- speech (oration)
Derived terms
- ទេវកថា (teiveaʔ kaʔtʰaa, “myth”)
- នាដកថា (niet ka’tʰaa, “drama, script”)
See also
Pali
Alternative scripts
- kathā (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- कथा (Devanagari script)
- কথা (Bengali script)
- කථා (Sinhalese script)
- ကထာ or ၵထႃ (Burmese script)
- กถา or กะถา (Thai script)
- ᨠᨳᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ກຖາ or ກະຖາ (Lao script)
- 𑄇𑄗𑄂 (Chakma script)
Noun
កថា f
- Khmer script form of kathā
Declension
Declension table of "កថា" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|
| Nominative (first) | កថា (kathā) | កថាយោ (kathāyo) or កថា (kathā) |
| Accusative (second) | កថំ (kathaṃ) | កថាយោ (kathāyo) or កថា (kathā) |
| Instrumental (third) | កថាយ (kathāya) | កថាហិ (kathāhi) or កថាភិ (kathābhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | កថាយ (kathāya) | កថានំ (kathānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | កថាយ (kathāya) | កថាហិ (kathāhi) or កថាភិ (kathābhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | កថាយ (kathāya) | កថានំ (kathānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | កថាយ (kathāya) or កថាយំ (kathāyaṃ) | កថាសុ (kathāsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | កថេ (kathe) | កថាយោ (kathāyo) or កថា (kathā) |