कथा

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā).

Pronunciation

Noun

कथा (kathāf (Urdu spelling کتھا)

  1. story, narrative
    Synonyms: कहानी (kahānī), अफ़साना (afsānā)
    वह जटिल लघु कथाएँ लिखता और प्रकाशित करता है।
    vah jaṭil laghu kathāẽ likhtā aur prakāśit kartā hai.
    He writes and publishes intricate short stories.

Declension

Declension of कथा (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct कथा
kathā
कथाएँ
kathāẽ
oblique कथा
kathā
कथाओं
kathāõ
vocative कथा
kathā
कथाओ
kathāo

Derived terms

References

Marathi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kə.t̪ʰa/
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Noun

कथा (kathāf

  1. story

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “कथा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कथा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

कथा f

  1. speech, story, talk

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Nominalized from the interrogative कथा (kathā, how; whence; why) (compare कथम् (katham)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH (in what way), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *kʷós (compare similar formations: यथा (yathā) from *HyátʰaH (in which way; as) and तथा (tathā) from *tátʰaH (in that way; so)). The Sanskrit root is कथ् (kath).

Pronunciation

Noun

कथा (kathā́) stemf

  1. conversation, speech
  2. story, tale
  3. discussion, talk

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of कथा
singular dual plural
nominative कथा (kathā) कथे (kathe) कथाः (kathāḥ)
accusative कथाम् (kathām) कथे (kathe) कथाः (kathāḥ)
instrumental कथया (kathayā)
कथा¹ (kathā¹)
कथाभ्याम् (kathābhyām) कथाभिः (kathābhiḥ)
dative कथायै (kathāyai) कथाभ्याम् (kathābhyām) कथाभ्यः (kathābhyaḥ)
ablative कथायाः (kathāyāḥ)
कथायै² (kathāyai²)
कथाभ्याम् (kathābhyām) कथाभ्यः (kathābhyaḥ)
genitive कथायाः (kathāyāḥ)
कथायै² (kathāyai²)
कथयोः (kathayoḥ) कथानाम् (kathānām)
locative कथायाम् (kathāyām) कथयोः (kathayoḥ) कथासु (kathāsu)
vocative कथे (kathe) कथे (kathe) कथाः (kathāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kathā‍”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 135
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 295