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kathas

kathas is the plural of katha.

Meaning of katha

Noun (1)

katha (countable and uncountable, plural kathas)

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

Noun (2)

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.

Questions about kathas

What is kathas the plural of?
Kathas is the plural of katha.

Words near kathas in the dictionary

  1. katharometer
  2. katharometers
  3. katharses
  4. katharsis
  5. kathartic
  6. kathas
  7. kathenotheism
  8. kathenotheist
  9. kathenotheistic
  10. kathenotheists
  11. Katherine

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