Hindi edit

Hindi verb set
कहना (kahnā)
कहाना (kahānā)
कहलाना (kahlānā)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀥𑁂𑀤𑀺 (kadhedi), from Sanskrit कथयति (katháyati). Cognate with Bengali কহা (koha)/কওয়া (kôoẇa) and Assamese কোৱা (küa), Sinhalese කියනවා (kiyanawā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kəɦ.nɑː/, [kɛʱ.näː]
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Verb edit

कहना (kahnā) (transitive, Urdu spelling کہنا)

  1. to say [+को = to]
    वह उसको क्या कहने वाला है?
    vah usko kyā kahne vālā hai?
    What is he about to say to him?
  2. to speak
  3. to tell

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

कहना (kahnām

  1. utterance, remark
    उसका कहना है कि ...uskā kahnā hai ki ...he remarked that ... (literally, “his remark was that ...”)
  2. order, command

Declension edit

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