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kathak

kathak noun: one of the eight classical dance forms of India.

Noun

kathak (countable and uncountable, plural kathaks)

  1. One of the eight classical dance forms of India.
    • But the differences go beyond this: as the narrator explained, kathak grew up in the royal courts while bharatanatyam emerged from the temples.2001 September 28, Kelly Kleiman, “Fight From the Inside”, in Chicago Reader

kathak meaning in Urdu, Telugu and Punjabi

kathak in Urdu

kathak
کتھک kathak

kathak in Telugu

kathak
కథక్ kathak

kathak in Punjabi

kathak
ਕਥਕ kathak

Forms of kathak

pluralkathaks

Origin of kathak

From Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “story”).

Questions about kathak

What does kathak mean?
Kathak means one of the eight classical dance forms of India.
What is kathak in Urdu?
Kathak in Urdu is کتھک (kathak). See Kathak meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is kathak?
Kathak is a noun.
What is the plural of kathak?
The plural of kathak is kathaks.

Words near kathak in the dictionary

  1. Katessa
  2. Katey
  3. Kath
  4. katha
  5. Katha Upanishad
  6. kathak
  7. kathakali
  8. kathakalis
  9. kathaks
  10. katharevousa
  11. Katharine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kathak (page history and authors); کتھک (Urdu) (page history and authors); కథక్ (Telugu) (page history and authors); ਕਥਕ (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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