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, p. 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

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.

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Noun

kathâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑ)

  1. fiction; make-believe
  2. idle talk

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