katha

See also: Katha, kathà, and kathā

English

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit कथा (kathā).

Noun

katha (countable and uncountable, plural kathas)

1. (countable) The recitation of a Hindu religious story.
   • 2013, Deepa Sreenivas, Sculpting a Middle Class, page 50:

     A list of the common themes narrated in a katha would comprise of the kidnapping of a girl, battle, separation and epic and puranic events.

   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 300:

     She and her group did not disperse even after the katha had commenced. Their chatter disturbed the listeners.

2. (uncountable) Such storytelling considered as a genre.

Etymology 2

From Hindi कट्ठा (kaṭṭhā) or Bengali কাঠা (kaṭha).

Alternative forms

• cottah
• kattha

Noun

katha (plural kathas)

1. A unit of area used mostly for land measure in Eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, varying widely from place to place.

Anagrams

• katah, khata

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• catha — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kata

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “story”). Compare Malay kata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /katˈhaʔ/, [kɐtˈhaʔ]
• Hyphenation: kat‧ha

Noun

kathâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑ)

1. literary composition

   Synonyms: akda, sinulat, kinatha, komposisyong literarya, komposisyong pampanitikan, akdang pampanitikan

2. musical composition

   Synonyms: tugtugin, musika

3. invention

   Synonyms: imbensiyon, imbento, pag-imbento, likha, paglikha

4. creation

   Synonyms: likha, kreasyon, lalang

5. fiction; story

   Synonyms: piksiyon, kuwento

6. idle talk

Derived terms

• ikatha
• ipagkatha
• kata-kata
• katha-katha
• kathain
• kathambuhay
• kathang-isip
• kinatha
• kumatha
• magkatha
• makata
• mangangatha
• mangangathambuhay
• mangatha
• maykatha

 

Further reading

• “katha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018