"కథ" meaning in All languages combined

See కథ on Wiktionary

Noun [Telugu]

IPA: /kat̪ʰa/ Forms: katha [romanization], కథలు [plural]
Etymology: Derived from Sanskrit कथा (kathā). Etymology templates: {{glossary|derived terms|Derived}} Derived, {{der|te|sa|कथा|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit कथा (kathā), {{der+|te|sa|कथा}} Derived from Sanskrit कथा (kathā) Head templates: {{te-noun|g=n}} కథ • (katha) n (plural కథలు)
  1. story
    Sense id: en-కథ-te-noun-xHg2Hmhp
  2. tale, legend
    Sense id: en-కథ-te-noun-6QxEwLn8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Telugu entries with incorrect language header, Telugu terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Telugu entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Telugu terms with redundant script codes: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: గాథ (gātha)
Categories (other): Literature Disambiguation of Literature: 0 0 Derived forms: ఉపకథ (upakatha), కథకుడు (kathakuḍu), కథనము (kathanamu), కథాకమామీషు (kathākamāmīṣu), కథానాయకుడు (kathānāyakuḍu), కథానాయిక (kathānāyika), కథానిక (kathānika), కథాపురుషుడు (kathāpuruṣuḍu), కథావశేషుడు (kathāvaśēṣuḍu), కథాశేషుడు (kathāśēṣuḍu), కథాసరిత్సాగరము (kathāsaritsāgaramu), చిన్నకథ (cinnakatha), పెద్దకథ (peddakatha), బుర్రకథ (burrakatha), లోకకథ (lōkakatha), హరికథ (harikatha)

Inflected forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "te",
      "name": "Literature",
      "orig": "te:Literature",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "upakatha",
      "word": "ఉపకథ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kathakuḍu",
      "word": "కథకుడు"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kathanamu",
      "word": "కథనము"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kathākamāmīṣu",
      "word": "కథాకమామీషు"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kathānāyakuḍu",
      "word": "కథానాయకుడు"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kathānāyika",
      "word": "కథానాయిక"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kathānika",
      "word": "కథానిక"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kathāpuruṣuḍu",
      "word": "కథాపురుషుడు"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kathāvaśēṣuḍu",
      "word": "కథావశేషుడు"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kathāśēṣuḍu",
      "word": "కథాశేషుడు"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kathāsaritsāgaramu",
      "word": "కథాసరిత్సాగరము"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cinnakatha",
      "word": "చిన్నకథ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "peddakatha",
      "word": "పెద్దకథ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "burrakatha",
      "word": "బుర్రకథ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lōkakatha",
      "word": "లోకకథ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "harikatha",
      "word": "హరికథ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "derived terms",
        "2": "Derived"
      },
      "expansion": "Derived",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "कथा",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit कथा (kathā)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "कथा"
      },
      "expansion": "Derived from Sanskrit कथा (kathā)",
      "name": "der+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived from Sanskrit कथा (kathā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "katha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "కథలు",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "కథ • (katha) n (plural కథలు)",
      "name": "te-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Telugu",
  "lang_code": "te",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "story"
      ],
      "id": "en-కథ-te-noun-xHg2Hmhp",
      "links": [
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Telugu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Telugu terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tale, legend"
      ],
      "id": "en-కథ-te-noun-6QxEwLn8",
      "links": [
        [
          "tale",
          "tale"
        ],
        [
          "legend",
          "legend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kat̪ʰa/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gātha",
      "word": "గాథ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "కథ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Telugu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Telugu lemmas",
    "Telugu neuter nouns",
    "Telugu nouns",
    "Telugu terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Telugu terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Telugu terms with redundant script codes",
    "te:Literature"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "upakatha",
      "word": "ఉపకథ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kathakuḍu",
      "word": "కథకుడు"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kathanamu",
      "word": "కథనము"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kathākamāmīṣu",
      "word": "కథాకమామీషు"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kathānāyakuḍu",
      "word": "కథానాయకుడు"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kathānāyika",
      "word": "కథానాయిక"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kathānika",
      "word": "కథానిక"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kathāpuruṣuḍu",
      "word": "కథాపురుషుడు"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kathāvaśēṣuḍu",
      "word": "కథావశేషుడు"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kathāśēṣuḍu",
      "word": "కథాశేషుడు"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kathāsaritsāgaramu",
      "word": "కథాసరిత్సాగరము"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cinnakatha",
      "word": "చిన్నకథ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "peddakatha",
      "word": "పెద్దకథ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "burrakatha",
      "word": "బుర్రకథ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lōkakatha",
      "word": "లోకకథ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "harikatha",
      "word": "హరికథ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "derived terms",
        "2": "Derived"
      },
      "expansion": "Derived",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "कथा",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit कथा (kathā)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "कथा"
      },
      "expansion": "Derived from Sanskrit कथा (kathā)",
      "name": "der+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived from Sanskrit कथा (kathā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "katha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "కథలు",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "కథ • (katha) n (plural కథలు)",
      "name": "te-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Telugu",
  "lang_code": "te",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "story"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tale, legend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tale",
          "tale"
        ],
        [
          "legend",
          "legend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kat̪ʰa/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "gātha",
      "word": "గాథ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "కథ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for కథ meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.