"kathā" meaning in Pali

See kathā in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{pi-noun|f}} kathā f Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|kathā|ā|f}} Forms: feminine [table-tags], kathā [nominative, singular], kathāyo [nominative, plural], kathā [nominative, plural], kathaṃ [accusative, singular], kathāyo [accusative, plural], kathā [accusative, plural], kathāya [instrumental, singular], kathāhi [instrumental, plural], kathābhi [instrumental, plural], kathāya [dative, singular], kathānaṃ [dative, plural], kathāya [ablative, singular], kathāhi [ablative, plural], kathābhi [ablative, plural], kathāya [genitive, singular], kathānaṃ [genitive, plural], kathāya [locative, singular], kathāyaṃ [locative, singular], kathāsu [locative, plural], kathe [singular, vocative], kathāyo [plural, vocative], kathā [plural, vocative]
  1. speech, story, talk Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kathā-pi-noun-KfPXhO9o Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header Synonyms: 𑀓 [Brahmi, character], 𑀣 [Brahmi, character], 𑀸 [Brahmi, character], कथा [Devanagari, character], কথা [Bengali], කථා [Sinhalese, character], ကထာ, ၵထႃ [Burmese, character], กถา, กะถา [Thai, character], ᨠᨳᩣ [Tai-Tham, character], ກຖາ, ກະຖາ [Lao, character], កថា [Khmer, character], 𑄇 [Chakma, character], 𑄗 [Chakma, character], 𑄂 [Chakma, character]

Inflected forms

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "កថា",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "ka’tʰaa"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: កថា (ka’tʰaa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: កថា (ka’tʰaa)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
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      "form": "feminine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathābhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kathāhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāyaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "f"
      },
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      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ā",
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      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
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        "speech, story, talk"
      ],
      "id": "en-kathā-pi-noun-KfPXhO9o",
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Brahmi",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑀓"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Brahmi",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑀣"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Brahmi",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑀸"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Devanagari",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "कथा"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Bengali"
          ],
          "word": "কথা"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Sinhalese",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "කථා"
        },
        {
          "word": "ကထာ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Burmese",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ၵထႃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "กถา"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Thai",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "กะถา"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Tai-Tham",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ᨠᨳᩣ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ກຖາ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Lao",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ກະຖາ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Khmer",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "កថា"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Chakma",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑄇"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Chakma",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑄗"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Chakma",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑄂"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kathā"
}
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    }
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "kathaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "kathāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kathāya",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathābhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kathānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kathāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "kathāhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāyaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathāsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kathe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kathāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "pi",
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        "Pali feminine nouns",
        "Pali lemmas",
        "Pali nouns",
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      ],
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          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
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          "story",
          "story"
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          "talk",
          "talk"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑀓"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑀣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑀸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Devanagari",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "कथा"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bengali"
      ],
      "word": "কথা"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Sinhalese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "කථා"
    },
    {
      "word": "ကထာ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Burmese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ၵထႃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "กถา"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Thai",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "กะถา"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tai-Tham",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ᨠᨳᩣ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ກຖາ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lao",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ກະຖາ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Khmer",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "កថា"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Chakma",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑄇"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chakma",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑄗"
    },
    {
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        "Chakma",
        "character"
      ],
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    }
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}
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