Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀅 n (kahāṇaa), from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka). Cognate with Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī), Hindustani کَہَانِی (kahānī) / कहानी (kahānī), Punjabi ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) / کَہانی (kahānī), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kahaṇi), Bengali কাহিনী (kahini), Assamese কাহিনী (kahini).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kə.ɦa.ɳi/, [ka.ɳiː]

Noun edit

कहाणी (kahāṇīf

  1. story, tale
    Synonyms: कथा (kathā), गोष्ट (goṣṭa)

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “कहाणी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • 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).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kathānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press