कथम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কথম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬣᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• কথম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰞𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀣𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ကထမ် (Burmese script)
• કથમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਥਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌥𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦡꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂟𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಥಮ್ (Kannada script)
• កថម៑ (Khmer script)
• ກຖມ຺ (Lao script)
• കഥമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡨᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘞𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠲᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦾𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐠𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• କଥମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢢꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆡𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖞𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• කථම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩬𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚚𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• கத²ம் (Tamil script)
• కథమ్ (Telugu script)
• กถมฺ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཐ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒟𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨚𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From क (ká, “what”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tʰɐ́m/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.t̪ʰɐm/

Adverb

कथम् • (kathám)

1. how; in what manner

   त्वम् कथम् जानासि।

   tvam katham jānāsi.

   How do you know?

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. an interrogative particle

   Synonym: किम् (kím)

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀳𑀁 (kahaṃ)
• Pali: kathaṃ
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀥𑀁 (kadhaṃ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कथम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 247/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 294