কথন

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit কথন (kathana). Compare Assamese কথন (kothon), Odia କଥନ (kôthônô), Hindustani کتھن / कथन (kathan).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kɔt̪ʰɔn/, [ˈkɔt̪ʰɔn]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kɔt̪ʰɔn/, [ˈkɔt̪ʰɔn]

Noun

কথন • (kothon)

1. act or mode of speaking
2. utterance, statement

   Synonym: কথ (koth)

3. saying
4. speech

Declension

Inflection of কথন
nominative	কথন kôthôn
objective	কথন / কথনকে kôthôn (semantically general or indefinite) / kôthônke (semantically definite)
genitive	কথনের kôthôner
locative	কথনে kôthône
	Indefinite forms
nominative	কথন kôthôn
objective	কথন / কথনকে kôthôn (semantically general or indefinite) / kôthônke (semantically definite)
genitive	কথনের kôthôner
locative	কথনে kôthône
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	কথনটা , কথনটি kôthônṭa (colloquial), kôthônṭi (formal)		কথনগুলা, কথনগুলো kôthôngula (colloquial), kôthôngulo (formal)
objective	কথনটা, কথনটি kôthônṭa (colloquial), kôthônṭi (formal)		কথনগুলা, কথনগুলো kôthôngula (colloquial), kôthôngulo (formal)
genitive	কথনটার, কথনটির kôthônṭar (colloquial), kôthônṭir (formal)		কথনগুলার, কথনগুলোর kôthôngular (colloquial), kôthôngulor (formal)
locative	কথনটাতে / কথনটায়, কথনটিতে kôthônṭate / kôthônṭay (colloquial), kôthônṭite (formal)		কথনগুলাতে / কথনগুলায়, কথনগুলোতে kôthôngulate / kôthôngulay (colloquial), kôthôngulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• অকথন (okothon)
• অকথ্যকথন (okotthokothon)
• কথনীয় (kothoniẏo)
• কথন্তর (kothontor)
• কথোপকথন (kothōpkothon)

 

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “কথন”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, কথন, Bengali-English Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh