katha
katha noun: the recitation of a Hindu religious story.
Noun (1)
katha (countable and uncountable, plural kathas)
- The recitation of a Hindu religious story.
- 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.2013, Deepa Sreenivas, Sculpting a Middle Class, page 50
- She and her group did not disperse even after the katha had commenced. Their chatter disturbed the listeners.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 300
- Such storytelling considered as a genre.
Noun (2)
katha (plural kathas)
katha meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Punjabi
katha in Hindi
- katha, one-twentieth of a bigha and twenty dhurs
- कट्ठा kaṭṭhā
katha in Bengali
- হিন্দু ধর্মীয় কাহিনির আবৃত্তি, বর্ণনা, একটি ধরন হিসেবে বিবেচিত
katha in Punjabi
- katha
- ਕਥਾ kathā
Forms of katha
| plural | kathas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cottah |
| alternative form | kattha |
Origin of katha
From Sanskrit कथा (kathā).
From Hindi कट्ठा (kaṭṭhā) or Bengali কাঠা (kaṭha).
Phrases with katha
Questions about katha
- What does katha mean?
- Katha means the recitation of a Hindu religious story.
- What is katha in Hindi?
- Katha in Hindi is कट्ठा (kaṭṭhā). See Katha meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is katha?
- Katha is a noun.
- What is the plural of katha?
- The plural of katha is kathas.
Words near katha in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: katha (page history and authors); कट्ठा (Hindi) (page history and authors); katha (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਥਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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