कहाणी

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘎𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘲 (kāhāṇī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀅 (kahāṇaa), from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka).

Cognates

Cognate with Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī), Hindustani کَہَانِی (kahānī) / कहानी (kahānī), Punjabi ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) / کَہانی (kahānī), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kāhāṇi), Bengali কাহিনী (kahini), Assamese কাহিনী (kahini).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kə.ɦa.ɳi/, [ka.ɳiː]
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: क‧हा‧णी

Noun

कहाणी • (kahāṇī) f

story, tale
Synonyms: गोष्ट (goṣṭa) (most common), कथा (kathā)

Declension

Declension of कहाणी (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	कहाणी kahāṇī
direct plural	कहाण्या kahāṇyā
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	कहाणी kahāṇī	कहाण्या kahāṇyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	कहाणी kahāṇī	कहाण्यां- kahāṇyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	कहाणीला kahāṇīlā	कहाण्यांना kahāṇyānnā
ergative	कहाणीने, कहाणीनं kahāṇīne, kahāṇīna	कहाण्यांनी kahāṇyānnī
instrumental	कहाणीशी kahāṇīśī	कहाण्यांशी kahāṇyānśī
locative सप्तमी	कहाणीत kahāṇīt	कहाण्यांत kahāṇyāt
vocative संबोधन	कहाणी kahāṇī	कहाण्यांनो kahāṇyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of कहाणी (fem ī-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	कहाणीचा kahāṇīċā	कहाणीचे kahāṇīċe	कहाणीची kahāṇīcī	कहाणीच्या kahāṇīcā	कहाणीचे, कहाणीचं kahāṇīċe, kahāṇīċa	कहाणीची kahāṇīcī	कहाणीच्या kahāṇīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	कहाण्यांचा kahāṇyānċā	कहाण्यांचे kahāṇyānċe	कहाण्यांची kahāṇyāñcī	कहाण्यांच्या kahāṇyāncā	कहाण्यांचे, कहाण्यांचं kahāṇyānċe, kahāṇyānċa	कहाण्यांची kahāṇyāñcī	कहाण्यांच्या kahāṇyāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “कहाणी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कहाणी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कहाणी-कहाणी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “काहाणी”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kathānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press