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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "kathāsaritsāgara",
"word": "कथासरित्सागर"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "kathāvārttā",
"word": "*कथावार्त्ता"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "kathak",
"3": "katha",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: kathak, katha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: kathak, katha"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಕತೆ",
"3": "ಕಥೆ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಕತೆ (kate), ಕಥೆ (kathe)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಕತೆ (kate), ಕಥೆ (kathe)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "കഥ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malayalam: കഥ (katha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malayalam: കഥ (katha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "kathā"
},
"expansion": "Pali: kathā",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: kathā"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "km",
"2": "កថា",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "ka’tʰaa"
},
"expansion": "→ Khmer: កថា (ka’tʰaa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Khmer: កថា (ka’tʰaa)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "katha",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tagalog: katha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tagalog: katha"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "kata",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: kata",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: kata"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "kata",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Indonesian: kata",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Indonesian: kata"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "min",
"2": "kato",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Minangkabau: kato",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Minangkabau: kato"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਕਥਾ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਕਥਾ (kathā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi: ਕਥਾ (kathā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "கதை",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: கதை (katai)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: கதை (katai)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "కథ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: కథ (katha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: కథ (katha)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "",
"3": "कथा",
"t": "how; whence; why"
},
"expansion": "कथा (kathā, “how; whence; why”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "कथम्"
},
"expansion": "कथम् (katham)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*kátʰaH",
"t": "in what way"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH (“in what way”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷós"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷós",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "यथा"
},
"expansion": "यथा (yathā)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*HyátʰaH",
"3": "",
"4": "in which way; as"
},
"expansion": "*HyátʰaH (“in which way; as”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "तथा"
},
"expansion": "तथा (tathā)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*tátʰaH",
"3": "",
"4": "in that way; so"
},
"expansion": "*tátʰaH (“in that way; so”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "कथ्"
},
"expansion": "कथ् (kath)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kathā",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ā-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "कथा",
"roman": "kathā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथे",
"roman": "kathe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाः",
"roman": "kathāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कथे",
"roman": "kathe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कथे",
"roman": "kathe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाः",
"roman": "kathāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाम्",
"roman": "kathām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथे",
"roman": "kathe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाः",
"roman": "kathāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कथया",
"roman": "kathayā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथा1",
"roman": "kathā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाभ्याम्",
"roman": "kathābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाभिः",
"roman": "kathābhiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कथायै",
"roman": "kathāyai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाभ्याम्",
"roman": "kathābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाभ्यः",
"roman": "kathābhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कथायाः",
"roman": "kathāyāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथायै2",
"roman": "kathāyai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाभ्याम्",
"roman": "kathābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाभ्यः",
"roman": "kathābhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कथायाः",
"roman": "kathāyāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथायै2",
"roman": "kathāyai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथयोः",
"roman": "kathayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "कथानाम्",
"roman": "kathānām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कथायाम्",
"roman": "kathāyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथयोः",
"roman": "kathayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "कथासु",
"roman": "kathāsu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "कथा • (kathā) stem, f",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "64 9 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "78 9 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"conversation, speech"
],
"id": "en-कथा-sa-noun-03K3EEPT",
"links": [
[
"conversation",
"conversation"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"story, tale"
],
"id": "en-कथा-sa-noun-0xnU5tA-",
"links": [
[
"story",
"story"
],
[
"tale",
"tale"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"discussion, talk"
],
"id": "en-कथा-sa-noun-jcpjVxkw",
"links": [
[
"discussion",
"discussion"
],
[
"talk",
"talk"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɐ.tʰɑː/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɐ.t̪ʰɑː/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
}
],
"word": "कथा"
}
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit feminine nouns",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
"Sanskrit ā-stem nouns"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "kathāsaritsāgara",
"word": "कथासरित्सागर"
},
{
"roman": "kathāvārttā",
"word": "*कथावार्त्ता"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "kathak",
"3": "katha",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: kathak, katha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: kathak, katha"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಕತೆ",
"3": "ಕಥೆ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಕತೆ (kate), ಕಥೆ (kathe)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಕತೆ (kate), ಕಥೆ (kathe)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "കഥ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malayalam: കഥ (katha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malayalam: കഥ (katha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "kathā"
},
"expansion": "Pali: kathā",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: kathā"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "km",
"2": "កថា",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "ka’tʰaa"
},
"expansion": "→ Khmer: កថា (ka’tʰaa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Khmer: កថា (ka’tʰaa)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "katha",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tagalog: katha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tagalog: katha"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "kata",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: kata",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: kata"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "kata",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Indonesian: kata",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Indonesian: kata"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "min",
"2": "kato",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Minangkabau: kato",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Minangkabau: kato"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਕਥਾ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਕਥਾ (kathā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi: ਕਥਾ (kathā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "கதை",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: கதை (katai)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: கதை (katai)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "కథ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: కథ (katha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: కథ (katha)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "",
"3": "कथा",
"t": "how; whence; why"
},
"expansion": "कथा (kathā, “how; whence; why”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "कथम्"
},
"expansion": "कथम् (katham)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*kátʰaH",
"t": "in what way"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH (“in what way”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷós"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷós",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "यथा"
},
"expansion": "यथा (yathā)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*HyátʰaH",
"3": "",
"4": "in which way; as"
},
"expansion": "*HyátʰaH (“in which way; as”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "तथा"
},
"expansion": "तथा (tathā)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*tátʰaH",
"3": "",
"4": "in that way; so"
},
"expansion": "*tátʰaH (“in that way; so”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "कथ्"
},
"expansion": "कथ् (kath)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kathā",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ā-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "कथा",
"roman": "kathā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथे",
"roman": "kathe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाः",
"roman": "kathāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कथे",
"roman": "kathe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कथे",
"roman": "kathe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाः",
"roman": "kathāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाम्",
"roman": "kathām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथे",
"roman": "kathe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाः",
"roman": "kathāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कथया",
"roman": "kathayā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथा1",
"roman": "kathā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाभ्याम्",
"roman": "kathābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाभिः",
"roman": "kathābhiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कथायै",
"roman": "kathāyai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाभ्याम्",
"roman": "kathābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाभ्यः",
"roman": "kathābhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कथायाः",
"roman": "kathāyāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथायै2",
"roman": "kathāyai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाभ्याम्",
"roman": "kathābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "कथाभ्यः",
"roman": "kathābhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कथायाः",
"roman": "kathāyāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथायै2",
"roman": "kathāyai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथयोः",
"roman": "kathayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "कथानाम्",
"roman": "kathānām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कथायाम्",
"roman": "kathāyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कथयोः",
"roman": "kathayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "कथासु",
"roman": "kathāsu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "कथा • (kathā) stem, f",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"conversation, speech"
],
"links": [
[
"conversation",
"conversation"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"story, tale"
],
"links": [
[
"story",
"story"
],
[
"tale",
"tale"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"discussion, talk"
],
"links": [
[
"discussion",
"discussion"
],
[
"talk",
"talk"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɐ.tʰɑː/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɐ.t̪ʰɑː/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
}
],
"word": "कथा"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Sanskrit dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.
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