Odia

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कथा (kathā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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କଥା (kathā)

  1. tale; fable; folktale
  2. conversation; talk
  3. speech
  4. information; news; passage
  5. utterance
  6. word
  7. language
  8. matter; subject
  9. proverb; saying; adage
  10. something; anything
  11. happening, event; incident
  12. advice
  13. request
  14. condition; plight
  15. order
  16. act
  17. sentence
  18. reference
  19. discussion
  20. proposal
  21. rumour
  22. account; description
  23. secret
  24. promise
  25. agreement
  26. resolution
  27. conduct

References

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  • Praharaj, Gopala Chandra (1931—1940) “କଥା”, in Purnnacandra Odia Bhashakosha, Cuttack: Utkal Sahitya Press
  • Neukom, Lukas (2003) A grammar of Oriya[1], Zürich: Seminar für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, page 91