กถา

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• kathā (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• कथा (Devanagari script)
• কথা (Bengali script)
• කථා (Sinhalese script)
• ကထာ or ၵထႃ (Burmese script)
• กะถา (Thai script)
• ᨠᨳᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຖາ or ກະຖາ (Lao script)
• កថា (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄗𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

กถา f

1. Thai script form of kathā

Declension

Declension table of "กถา" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	กถา (kathā)	กถาโย (kathāyo) or กถา (kathā)
Accusative (second)	กถํ (kathaṃ)	กถาโย (kathāyo) or กถา (kathā)
Instrumental (third)	กถาย (kathāya)	กถาหิ (kathāhi) or กถาภิ (kathābhi)
Dative (fourth)	กถาย (kathāya)	กถานํ (kathānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	กถาย (kathāya)	กถาหิ (kathāhi) or กถาภิ (kathābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	กถาย (kathāya)	กถานํ (kathānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	กถาย (kathāya) or กถายํ (kathāyaṃ)	กถาสุ (kathāsu)
Vocative (calling)	กเถ (kathe)	กถาโย (kathāyo) or กถา (kathā)

Thai

Etymology

From Pali kathā.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กถา k tʰ ā
Phonemic		กะ-ถา k a – tʰ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	gà-tǎa
	Royal Institute	ka-tha
(standard) IPA(key)		/ka˨˩.tʰaː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

กถา • (gà-tǎa)

1. treatise; elocution; words