कहानी
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀥𑀸𑀡𑀕 (kadhāṇaga), from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka). Cognate with Punjabi ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) / کَہانی (kahānī), Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī), Marathi कहाणी (kahāṇī), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kāhāṇi), Bengali কাহিনী (kahini), Assamese কাহিনী (kahini).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kə.ɦɑː.niː/, [kɐ.ɦäː.niː]
Noun
कहानी • (kahānī) f (Urdu spelling کَہَانِی)
- story, narrative
- हो सकता है कि उसकी कहानी सच नहीं है।
- ho saktā hai ki uskī kahānī sac nahī̃ hai.
- It may be that his story is not true.
- plot
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | कहानी kahānī |
कहानियाँ kahāniyā̃ |
| oblique | कहानी kahānī |
कहानियों kahāniyõ |
| vocative | कहानी kahānī |
कहानियो kahāniyo |
Related terms
- कहना (kahnā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कहानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kathānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press